overcrowding
Example Sentences
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France has some of the worst prison overcrowding in Europe, and unions have complained the state is neglecting normal jails as it moves drug-linked criminals into new high-security facilities.
From Barron's
It says this is a necessary measure to relieve pressure on a system struggling to cope with overcrowding.
From BBC
In response to mass incarceration and overcrowding in the 1990s and early 2000s, the corrections department threw beds into spaces never intended for housing.
From Los Angeles Times
It said the overcrowding caused by thousands of new prisoners from the war had worsened conditions.
Since 2023, Lincoln Christmas market has been closed because of overcrowding concerns.
From BBC
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