Overincarceration

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The incarceration of an excess number of people. uncountable

    "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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overimprisonmentoverimprisonment

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"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."

Etymology

From over- + incarceration.

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