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Food for thought: world prison stats

Half of the world’s prison population of about nine million is held in the US, China or Russia.

Prison rates in the US are the world’s highest, at 724 people per 100,000. In Russia the rate is 581.

At 145 per 100,000, the imprisonment rate of England and Wales is at about the midpoint worldwide.

Many of the lowest rates are in developing countries, but overcrowding can be a serious problem. Kenyan prisons have an occupancy level of 343.7%

(BBC)

	Prison population	Population per 100,000	Jail occupancy level %	Un-sentenced prisoners %	Women prisoners %
UNITED STATES	2,135,901	724	107.6	20.2	8.7
CHINA	1,548,498	118	N/A	N/A	4.6
RUSSIA	828,900	581	79.5	16.9	6.4
BRAZIL	336,358	183	182.7	23.8	3.3
INDIA	322,357	31	140.2	69.2	3.2
MEXICO	201,931	191	125.6	41.9	5.0
UKRAINE	170,057	364	105.8	20.6	6.1
SOUTH AFRICA	156,175	344	164.1	29.4	2.2
POLAND	85,048	223	117.9	16.1	2.9
ENGLAND/WALES	76,678	143	108.9	17.8	5.8
JAPAN	76,413	60	105.9	14.9	5.9
KENYA	55,000	169	343.7	39.4	3.6
TURKEY	54,296	76	77.4	47.7	3.3
NIGERIA	40,444	30	101.5	64.3	1.9
AUSTRALIA	24,171	120	105.9	20.4	6.9
SCOTLAND	6,886	135	105.0	19.5	4.5
N IRELAND	1,391	80	102.1	37.1	2.8
SOURCE: International Centre for Prison Studies

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