overincarcerated

adj

overincarcerated

adj

Etymology From over- + incarcerated.

1

Of whom a disproportionate number are in prison.

For things like drugs and nonviolent offenses, they’re being hideously overpoliced and overincarcerated.2015 August 12, Michael Kimmelman, “David Simon and Cory Booker on ‘Show Me a Hero’ and the Future of Cities”, in New York Times:

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