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During the United States’ War on Drugs, the incarcerated population quadrupled from 139 out of every 100,000 people to 468 from 1980-2000. Is there another period of mass incarceration in history that would share roughly the same metrics?

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During the United States’ War on Drugs, the incarcerated population quadrupled from 139 out of every 100,000 people to 468 from 1980-2000. Is there another period of mass incarceration in history that would share roughly the same metrics?	7