As of 2007, more than 9.25 million people were imprisoned
worldwide. Almost half of the persons imprisoned are in the United
States, China and Russia. The United States has more persons in
prison per capita than any country in the world. Prisons The World
Over offers a comprehensive overview of prison demographics and
conditions for each of the following countries: United States,
Canada, Argentina, Brazil, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy,
Sweden, Hungary, Poland, Russia, Israel, Egypt, Iran, Nigeria,
South Africa, India, China, Japan, and Australia. The book includes
reports on the number of prisoners, the rate per population, the
percent of female prisoners, the number of penal institutions and
their occupancy level, and the number of privately run prisons Also
reported are the offenses for which the inmates are interred, the
average length of incarceration, the availability of parole,
conditions in the prisons, the availability of educational and work
programs, provisions for children of female prisoners, the
availability and quality of medical care, the characteristics of
the prison staff, the visitation rights of prisoners, and the
presence and treatment of political prisoners.
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