imprisonment; custodial sentence; penalty restricting freedom
Legal term referring to punishments that restrict personal liberty, primarily imprisonment. Used in formal or legal contexts.
Custodial sentences include imprisonment with labor and imprisonment without labor.
裁判所は被告人に自由刑を言い渡した。
The court handed down a custodial sentence to the defendant.
禁錮 is imprisonment without compulsory labor, another subtype of 自由刑.
Compound of 自由 (freedom) and 刑 (punishment), literally 'freedom punishment'. A modern legal term coined to describe penalties that restrict personal liberty.