The Road to Mass Incarceration

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This video, The Road to Mass Incarceration, by Greenhouse Media summarizes criminal justice policy decisions dating back to the 1960s. Although the effects often took decades to manifest, each of these policy shifts increased the rate of incarceration in the U.S. The video ends with many of the architects of these changes, Democrats and Republicans alike, admitting the failure of these policies and suggesting that it is time for real change.

Top Cast

Barry Goldwater

Self (archive footage)

Hubert H. Humphrey

Self (archive footage)

Lyndon B. Johnson

Self (archive footage)

Richard Nixon

Self (archive footage)

Nelson Rockefeller

Self (archive footage)

Ronald Reagan

Self (archive footage)