The phrase "a term of incarceration" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the duration or period of time someone is sentenced to serve in prison.
Example: "The judge imposed a term of incarceration of five years for the convicted felon."
Alternatives: "a prison sentence" or "a period of imprisonment".
For most felonies, the judge imposes a term of incarceration, but many offenders will not serve the full term.
The U.S. probation office had determined that federal sentencing guidelines called for a term of incarceration between 10 years and a month and 12 years and seven months.
His phone call after a Goldman Sachs board meeting was poor judgement but should not have risen to a term of incarceration.
For some it's a term of incarceration.
A participant of one of Heartland Alliance's jobs programs, she found herself homeless and jobless after a term of incarceration.
The New Policy appears to operate as follows: A classification review for OSP placement can occur either (1) upon entry into the prison system if the inmate was convicted of certain offenses, e.g., organized crime, or (2) during the term of incarceration if an inmate engages in specified conduct, e.g., leads a prison gang.
In return for his cooperation, he hoped to have prosecutors recommend leniency, possibly slicing years off his term of incarceration.
That expectation was fulfilled, but it turned out that the guilty plea resulted in increasing the respondent's potential term of incarceration.
(p + anag., & lit).. 2 J. C. Leyland (23 Lane Ings, Marsden, Huddersfield HD7 6JP): Taste of Pinot Noir's ruined in cooler (P + anag).. 3 M. Barley (Rivermeade, Romsey Road, Ower, Hampshire SO51 6AF): Place one's in for term of incarceration (I's in pro + n, & lit).. VHC J. G. Booth: Getting choky, off-colour pro starts to shank into no-man's-land (anag. incl s, i, n).
Of that small slice, just 17% of prosecuted cases brought jail time and the average term of incarceration was just six months.
