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See the individual WPB country and subnational area pages for more info on data, dates, and much more. WPB notes this: "As it is not possible to obtain meaningful comparative data on numbers of children in custody in different countries, we do not include juvenile imprisonment data in the highest to lowest lists." [1]
To give an example, the average burglary sentence in the United States is 16 months, compared to 5 months in Canada and 7 months in England. [30] The US incarceration rate peaked in 2008 when about 1,000 in 100,000 U.S. adults were behind bars. That's 760 inmates per 100,000 U.S. residents of all ages.
The World Prison Brief at PrisonStudies.org is an online database providing free access to information on prison systems around the world. It is now hosted by the Institute For Crime & Justice Policy Research (ICPR), [1] Birkbeck College, University of London.
Incarceration in the United States is one of the primary means of punishment for crime in the United States. In 2021, over five million people were under supervision by the criminal justice system, [2] [3] with nearly two million people incarcerated in state or federal prisons and local jails. The United States has the largest known prison ...
Sentence start Sentence term Country Description Adnan Oktar a.k.a. Harun Yahya 2022 8,658 years Turkey: Televangelist and cult leader. Nation's longest sentence for fraud and sexual abuse commitment according to TRT. Originally sentenced to 1,075 years. [11] On November 17, 2022, he was retried and sentenced to 8,658 years. [12]
The longest sentences are awarded to acts of drug trafficking of about 8–9 years and manslaughter 8–12 years (up to 15 years if multiple crimes). However, murder does receive a life sentence with the option of probation after as little as 12 years (10 years if the prisoner was under 21 when committing the crime) with the possibility of ...
It said that a person sentenced to life "shall serve one hundred percent (100%) of the sentence imposed by the court less sentence credits earned and retained" for a maximum of 15% off their sentence.
Prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment by detaining country (88 C) S. Life imprisonment in Singapore (1 C, 49 P) Pages in category "Life imprisonment by country"