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The World Prison Brief is an online database providing free access to information on prison systems around the world. It is a unique resource, which supports evidence-based development of prison policy and practice globally.
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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.
examines prison population trends, includingpre -trial detention, and looks into the state of overcrowding in prisons globally, while it also presents data on death in prison and prison personnel; these figures offer valuable insights into trends and conditions within prison systems worldwide.
We aim to make the World Prison Brief progressively more comprehensive and useful and we always welcome new or updated information from reliable sources. Please see the ' About WPB ' section for details on how to submit information.
Prison statistics are part of official statistics on crime and criminal justice, relating indirectly to crime occurrence and the performance of the criminal justice system. The number of prisoners (counted at the end of a year) depends on: the number in previous year; how many were convicted and actually imprisoned during the year
15 paź 2024 · Nine states and the BOP increased their total prison populations by over 1,000 persons from yearend 2021 to yearend 2022. State correctional authorities had jurisdiction over 1,039,500 persons sentenced to at least 1 year in prison in 2022, while the BOP had legal authority over 146,100 persons with similar sentences.
An estimated 11.2 million persons were held in prison globally by the end of 2021. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of prisoners reported globally decreased by more than 600,000 in 2020, down from 11.7 million in 2019.
