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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.
What country has the highest rate of incarceration? With 1,767,200 people incarcerated, United States currently has the highest number of people in prison.
As of January 2024, El Salvador had the highest prisoner rate worldwide, with over 1,000 prisoners per 100,000 of the national population. Cuba, Rwanda, Turkmenistan, and American Samoa,...
The United States tops the list with an incarceration rate of 629 per 100,000 population, followed by Rwanda (580), Turkmenistan (576), and El Salvador (564). Countries in Latin America and the Caribbean also show high rates, with Cuba, Panama, and Brazil among the top 15.
4 maj 2024 · We examined mortality outcomes for 1 471 526 people released from incarceration in eight countries (Australia, Brazil, Canada, New Zealand, Norway, Scotland, Sweden, and the USA) from 1980 to 2018, across 10 534 441 person-years of follow-up (range 0–24 years per person).
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A reported 3,931 people in prison have died due to COVID-19 in 47 countries, and over 532,100 people in prison have tested positive in 122 countries, but the true numbers are much higher.
