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The 2021 US incarceration rate of 531 per 100,000 population was the 6th highest rate. [1] According to the World Prison Population List (11th edition) there were around 10.35 million people in penal institutions worldwide in 2015. [5] The US had 2,173,800 prisoners in adult facilities in 2015. [6]
This is an alphabetical list of countries and some dependent territories and subnational areas which lays out the incarceration rate of each. [1] Prison population rates from World Prison Brief. See date on map.
The U.S. incarceration rate peaked in 2008. The U.S. rate was the highest in the world in 2008. Chart is for prisoners per 100,000 population of all ages. [4] [5] US timeline graphs of number of people incarcerated in jails and prisons. [6
The World Prison Brief at PrisonStudies.org is an online database providing free access to information on prison systems around the world. It is now hosted by the Institute For Crime & Justice Policy Research (ICPR), [1] Birkbeck College, University of London. [2] [3] It was previously hosted by the International Centre for Prison Studies (ICPS).
The results for the health outcomes were that child incarceration predicted adult mobility limitations, adult depression, and adult suicidal thoughts compared to people incarcerated when they were 21 to 24. The negative health effects that incarceration can have, especially on children, is a social problem that more people need to focus on.
Total U.S. incarceration (prisons and jails) peaked in 2008. Total correctional population peaked in 2007. [14] If all prisoners are counted (including those juvenile, territorial, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) (immigration detention), Indian country, and military), then in 2008 the United States had around 24.7% of the world's 9.8 million prisoners.
Auditor found women prisons working 14 hours a day and one day off a month. In 2013 Russia had the world tenth-highest share of prisons of population. In 2010 Dimitri Medvedev brought down the prison population by 17.5%. Prisons were divided still in 2013 as the “red” run by prison authorities and the “black” administered by inmates.
Population density (people per km 2) by country. This is a list of countries and dependencies ranked by population density, sorted by inhabitants per square kilometre or square mile. The list includes sovereign states and self-governing dependent territories based upon the ISO standard ISO 3166-1.