What does overincarceration mean?
Overincarceration means The incarceration of an excess number of people..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
The incarceration of an excess number of people..
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.”
Use overincarceration when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Overincarceration means The incarceration of an excess number of people..
Common synonyms include overimprisonment.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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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