overincarceration

English

Etymology

over- +‎ incarceration

Noun

overincarceration (uncountable)

1. The incarceration of too many people.
   • 2015 November 10, Vincent Schiraldi, “What Mass Incarceration Looks Like for Juveniles”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     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.

   • 2022 January 25, Eric Reinhart, “How Joe Biden Launched a New Prison Boom”, in Slate‎^[2]:

     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

• overimprisonment