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overincarceration

overincarceration noun: the incarceration of an excess number of people.

Noun

overincarceration (uncountable)

  1. 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.2015 November 10, Vincent Schiraldi, “What Mass Incarceration Looks Like for Juveniles”, in New York Times
    • 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.”2022 January 25, Eric Reinhart, “How Joe Biden Launched a New Prison Boom”, in Slate

Synonyms of overincarceration

Origin of overincarceration

From over- + incarceration.

Questions about overincarceration

What does overincarceration mean?
Overincarceration means the incarceration of an excess number of people.
What part of speech is overincarceration?
Overincarceration is a noun.

Words near overincarceration in the dictionary

  1. overimputations
  2. overincarcerate
  3. overincarcerated
  4. overincarcerates
  5. overincarcerating
  6. overincarceration
  7. overinclination
  8. overinclined
  9. overinclusion
  10. overinclusions
  11. overinclusive

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