Who would want to go on purpose? Short answer, yes of course. commit a crime, turn yourself in or get caught in the act. Go to jail and wait until trials and sentancing.
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Thoreau does not feel confined in prison because he views his time there as an opportunity for inner reflection and resistance against unjust laws. By maintaining his principles and beliefs, he finds a sense of freedom even within the physical confines of the prison.
Incarceration is the state of being confined in prison.
Gen 39:20 Then Joseph's master took him and put him into the prison, a place where the king's prisoners were confined. And he was there in the prison.
We are stuck in the confined space like:A bird in its cageA dog in its kennelA belonging in a suitcase/briefcaseA prisoner in its prison
A metaphor is a phrase that is symbolic of something else, in that way, a metaphor for prison would be something that describes being confined, such as a cage or an airtight container.
"Incarcerated" means to be confined or imprisoned in a jail or prison.
One who is confined in a prison., A person under arrest, or in custody, whether in prison or not; a person held in involuntary restraint; a captive; as, a prisoner at the bar of a court.
Manuel Noriega of Panama.
One who is confined in a prison., A person under arrest, or in custody, whether in prison or not; a person held in involuntary restraint; a captive; as, a prisoner at the bar of a court.