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  2. Comparison of United States incarceration rate with other ...

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    The US had 2,173,800 prisoners in adult facilities in 2015. [6] That means the US held 21.0% of the world's prisoners in 2015, even though the US represented only around 4.4 percent of the world's population in 2015. [7] [8] In 2015 the US had the 2nd highest incarceration rate (698), behind the Seychelles rate of 799 per 100,000. [5]

  3. Prisons by country - Wikipedia

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    Estonia currently maintains five prisons around the country: Harku Prison, Murru Prison, Tallinn Prison, Tartu Prison and Viru Prison. [2] In March 2011, there were 3,405 persons incarcerated in Estonia, and the number of prisoners per 100,000 residents were 254, which is the third highest rate in the EU. These figures include pre-trial ...

  4. List of countries by incarceration rate - Wikipedia

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    Core Publications of the World Prison Brief. Such as the World Prison Population List, and the World Female Imprisonment List. Persons Detained Statistics of incarceration ("detained") from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime; Data Analysis Tools – Corrections Statistical Analysis Tool (CSAT) – Prisoners.

  5. House arrest could replace prison for low-level offenders in ...

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    Low-level criminals could serve their sentences under house arrest as part of plans to free up prison space and ease overcrowing.. A government review, launched on Tuesday, will explore tougher ...

  6. Sending prisoners abroad to cost at least £200m and won’t ...

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    Plans to send UK prisoners to jails abroad will cost at least £200million and won’t happen until 2026, the government’s own assessments show.. Justice secretary Alex Chalk pledged at the Tory ...

  7. Prisons in Estonia - Wikipedia

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    The prisons in Estonia are operated by the Estonian Department of Prisons, which currently maintains three prisons around the country: Tallinn Prison, Tartu Prison and Viru Prison. [ 1 ] In March 2011, there were 3,405 persons incarcerated in Estonia , and the number of prisoners per 100,000 residents were 254, which is the third highest rate ...

  8. List of U.S. states and territories by incarceration and ...

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    According to a November 2017 report by the World Prison Brief around 212,000 of the 714,000 female prisoners worldwide (women and girls) are incarcerated in the United States. [11] In the United States in 2016, women made up 9.8% of the incarcerated population in adult prisons and jails.

  9. Prisoners of Profit - The Huffington Post

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    A one-time New York City hotelier who began renting out rooms to prisoners in 1989, Slattery has established a dominant perch in the juvenile corrections business through an astute cultivation of political connections and a crafty gaming of the private contracting system.