"Wrongful incarceration" refers to the unjust or unfair imprisonment of a person, where they are wrongly accused, convicted, and sentenced for a crime they did not commit. Full definition
Innocent Man Walks Free After Fourteen Years of Wrongful Incarceration Prosecutors drop murder and attempted rape charges against Chad Heins after DNA testing on a trifecta of evidence found on the victim proves that an unknown man committed these crimes -LSB-...] (floridainnocence.org)
This is a civil rights case for wrongful incarceration against a large U.S. municipality and various police officers. (lexshares.com)
It is very hard to be released from prison after decades spent struggling to survive wrongful incarceration only to encounter the very real struggle of re-entry into a society that offers very little in the way of rehabilitative or social services. (exonerationproject.org)