English edit

Etymology edit

over- +‎ incarcerated

Adjective edit

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.