overincarceration

English

Etymology

over- +‎ incarceration

Noun

overincarceration (uncountable)

  1. The incarceration of too many people.
    • 2015 November 10, Vincent Schiraldi, “What Mass Incarceration Looks Like for Juveniles”, in New York Times‎:
      When we put a stop to the overincarceration, crime did not spike and there was a remarkably low felony rearrest rate of 4 percent a year for people who completed probation.

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