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Incarceration is a type of punishment in which someone found guilty of major crimes or violations of the law is confided for a certain period of time (or for the rest of their lives in severe cases) within a prison. Incarceration is used in both the wizarding and the Muggle worlds.
Known cases[]
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- Anne Thisbe was incarcerated for the murder of Richard Jackdaw, of which she was wrongly accused following the testimony of a jealous Apollonia Black.[1]
- Sirius Black was incarcerated for killing one wizard and twelve Muggles.[2] In reality he never killed them and it was actually Peter Pettigrew, the wizard Sirius Black was thought to have murdered.[3]
- Several Death Eaters, Bellatrix Lestrange among them, were incarcerated after both the First and the Second Wizarding Wars. They were incarcerated for terrorist activity, multiple counts of murder and torture, and betraying the Ministry of Magic.[4]
- Dolores Umbridge was incarcerated for the deaths of Muggle-borns who were victimized by the Death Eaters Muggle-Born Registration Commission, of which Dolores was head.[5]
Appearances[]
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (First mentioned)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film) (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game) (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film) (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game) (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film) (First appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game) (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film) (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game) (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (video game)
- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay
- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (film)
- Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - The Original Screenplay
- Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
- Pottermore
- Wizarding World
- LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 (Mentioned only)
- LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7
- Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter: Wizards Unite (Mentioned only)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ Hogwarts Legacy
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 3 (The Knight Bus)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 19 (The Servant of Lord Voldemort)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 30 (The Pensieve)
- ↑ J.K. Rowling Web Chat