What accounts for the increase in US incarceration rates since the 1970s?

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Changes in US drug policies, specifically the War on Drugs, have led to stricter sentencing laws and mandatory minimum sentences, resulting in a significant increase in incarceration rates. This has disproportionately impacted communities of color and lower-income individuals. Other factors, such as an increase in the number of people incarcerated for nonviolent crimes and the privatization of prisons, have also contributed to the increase in incarceration rates. The increase in violent crime (A) and population growth (B) have played a relatively minor role in the rise of incarceration rates, and the increase in drug use (D) has not been significant enough to fully explain the trend.

What Accounts for the Increase in US Incarceration Rates Since