Overincarceration
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Overincarceration is a noun meaning The incarceration of an excess number of people.
Meaning
The incarceration of an excess number of people.
Example Sentences
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.
Under his [Joe Biden's] administration, rather than movement toward the end of a system of over-incarceration, we are instead witnessing the beginning of a new prison “boom.”
Synonyms for overincarceration
Depending on context, synonyms include overimprisonment.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include overcriminalization, overprosecution, overinstitutionalization, overrecruitment, overpenalization, overlegalization.
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