overincarceration
English
Etymology
over- + incarceration
Noun
overincarceration (uncountable)
- 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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Synonyms
- overimprisonment