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Half of the world's prison population of about nine million is held in the US, China or Russia.
submitted 1 month 27 days 3 hours ago by: shakeel333 : 1 commentPrison 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%
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/uk/06/prisons/html/nn2page1.stm
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In Pakistan the army has sentenced 160 million plus people to a life time of rigorous imprisonment; both mental and physical.
In America ALL politicians go to great lengths to portray themselves as 'tough on crime'; the result is that people end up being imprisoned for such petty 'crimes' as normal traffic violations.