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Incarceration numbers. Rates are per 100,000 inhabitants. [1] Location Rates Number Afghanistan: 45 19,000 Albania: 168 4,565 Algeria: 217 94,749 American Samoa (USA) 538 301 Andorra: 60 51 Angola: 68 24,490 Anguilla (United Kingdom) 240 36 Antigua and Barbuda: 400 400 Argentina: 254 117,810 Armenia: 83 2,469 Aruba (Netherlands) 288 311 Australia
There are 183 prisons in all, with the most located in Germany's most populous states Bavaria and North Rhine-Westphalia. [3] In 2022, the total number of prisoners in Germany was 56,325, an incarceration rate of 67 per 100,000 people. [4] Prisoners in Germany are given different freedoms and responsibilities.
[7] [8] In 2015 the US had the 2nd highest incarceration rate (698), behind the Seychelles rate of 799 per 100,000. [5] Comparing English-speaking developed countries; the incarceration rate of Canada was 85 per 100,000 (as of 2020), [9] England and Wales was 146 per 100,000 (as of 2023), [10] and Australia was 158 per 100,000 (as of 2022). [11]
According to Germany's 2010 crime statistics, 5.93 million criminal acts were committed, which was 2% lower than in 2009. [4] According to the Interior Ministry, this was the first time the figure had fallen below six million offenses since 1991 (the year after reunification), and is the lowest crime level since records began. [4]
For several types of crime and drug crime in particular, it was reported that organised crime gangs were dominated by people from countries with high rates of immigration to Germany. [4] In 2017, the most common nationality of foreign organized crime gangs was Albanian with 21 gangs, the great majority of which were active in drug trafficking. [4]
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However, immigration rates are on the incline, with a 10.74% increase of migrants granted asylum from 2017 to 2018. This data from 1990 to 2022 indicates that crime rates and migration rates do not correlate if one is only looking at the numbers, with no other qualitative factors in place. [98]
Recidivism in many countries is high, with rates over 50% not uncommon. [110] Recidivism rates are difficult to compare between countries, due to differences in laws and also what constitutes recidivism. Some countries consider simply being re-arrested as recidivism, whereas others count re-conviction or re-imprisonment.