overincarcerated

English

Etymology

From over- +‎ incarcerated.

Adjective

overincarcerated (comparative more overincarcerated, superlative most overincarcerated)

1. Of whom a disproportionate number are in prison.
   • 2015 August 12, Michael Kimmelman, “David Simon and Cory Booker on ‘Show Me a Hero’ and the Future of Cities”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     For things like drugs and nonviolent offenses, they’re being hideously overpoliced and overincarcerated.