Although crime rates in the U.S.began to decline in the mid-1990s,incarceration rates continued to increase into the 2000s.

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Despite the decline in crime rates starting in the mid-1990s, incarceration rates in the U.S. continued to rise due to policies such as mandatory minimum sentencing, three-strikes laws, and other tough-on-crime approaches that increased the number of people in prison.

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