Sweden closes four prisons as number of inmates plummets Decline partly put down to strong focus on rehabilitation and more lenient sentences for some offences According to data collected by the International Centre for Prison Studies, the five countries with the highest prison population are the US, China, Russia, Brazil and India. The US has a prison population of 2,239,751, equivalent to 716 people per 100,000. China ranks second with 1,640,000 people behind bars, or 121 people per 100,000, while Russias inmates are 681,600, amounting to 475 individuals per 100,000. Brazilian prisons hold 548,003 citizens, 274 people per 100,000; finally, Indias prison population amounts to 385,135, with a per capita rate of just 30 inmates per 100,000 citizens. Among the countries with the smallest prison populations are Malta, Equatorial Guinea, Luxembourg, French Guyana and Djibouti. Sweden ranked 112th for its prison population.
Posted on: Wed, 13 Nov 2013 16:42:38 +0000
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