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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).
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English: World map of prison population rates from World Prison Brief. See the date on the map. Rate is per 100,000 of national population. For the exact numbers click on the source link below and then go to the table tab. See also: List of countries by incarceration rate.
Core Publications of the World Prison Brief. Such as the World Prison Population List, and the World Female Imprisonment List. Persons Detained Statistics of incarceration ("detained") from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime; Data Analysis Tools – Corrections Statistical Analysis Tool (CSAT) – Prisoners.
Data is from World Prison Brief. [1] All but four US states (the exceptions are Rhode Island, Vermont, Massachusetts, and Minnesota) have a higher incarceration rate than Turkey, the nation with the second highest incarceration rate among OECD countries. See: List of U.S. states by incarceration and correctional supervision rate.
More than 800 people have lost their lives in jail since July 13, 2015 but few details are publicly released. Huffington Post is compiling a database of every person who died until July 13, 2016 to shed light on how they passed.
The map may be old. The latest data is here: Highest to Lowest - Prison Population Rate. From World Prison Brief. Incarceration rates are based on inmates in both prisons and jails. There is a more recent world map here: File:World map of prison population rates from World Prison Brief.svg. The map uses the following color legend:
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