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.
Barry Goldwater
Hubert H. Humphrey
Lyndon B. Johnson
Richard Nixon
Nelson Rockefeller
Ronald Reagan
Nancy Reagan
Jesse Jackson
George H. W. Bush
Charles B. Rangel
Booth Gardner
Jerry Brown
Pete Wilson
Bill Clinton
Joe Biden
Chuck Schumer
Newt Gingrich
George W. Bush
Rand Paul
Eric Holder
Paul Ryan
Cory Booker
Barack Obama