Here Are All Of The Nations That Incarcerate More Of Their Population Than The U.S.

[kpete]

No country incarcerates a higher percentage of its population than the United States. At 716 per 100,000 people, according to the International Centre for Prison Studies, the U.S. tops every other nation in the world.



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[kestrel91316]

1. We're #1!!! We're #1!!!! USA!!!! USA!!!!

[MotherPetrie]

2. K&R

[malthaussen]

3. Lot of former British colonies on that list...

... but not the UK itself. Interesting.

-- Mal

[Gormy Cuss]

6. Also lots of small population countries

which means it doesn't take many incarcerations to bump up the rate per 100K.

[RC]

4. Canada has a rate of 616 offenders per 100,000 adults

And as is the case here, non-whites make up the majority of those incarcerated, even though whites make up the majority of the population at large.

[JBoy]

8. The study in the OP has Canada's rate at 114.

http://www.prisonstudies.org/info/worldbrief/wpb_country.php?country=188

Not sure where you're getting your figures, and what you mean by "offenders". The study looks at prison population.

[Gormy Cuss]

10. And the incarceration rate is only about 114 per 100K of population.

Canada's not so slap-happy about imprisoning minor offenders.

Rate of adults in the correctional system declines slightly in 2010/2011

In 2010/2011, there were, on average, about 163,000 adult offenders (18 years or over) in Canada’s correctional system on any given day (Table 1).4 Although the number of offenders was about 950 more than in 2009/2010, after controlling for population changes, the rate (616 offenders per 100,000 adults) was about 1% lower than the previous year.5 The rate of adults under correctional supervision was nearly 7% lower than a decade ago, with most of the decline occurring between 2002/2003 and 2004/2005 (Chart 1).

The total correctional population consists of offenders who are supervised in the community combined with those in a provincial, territorial or federal custodial facility. As has been the case historically, the majority (77%) of adults under correctional supervision in 2010/2011 were in the community, usually on probation, and about one-quarter (23%) were incarcerated.

[Jamastiene]

5. Somebody that gets caught with marijuana, prison.

Child molesters who got sentences that were too short, now living near a school somewhere.

War criminals, from W., Cheney, on down to the Blackwater thugs, still walking free.

That's one of the biggest problems. We imprison people for the damnedest minor things and we let some of the worst types of criminals walk free. We also imprison FAR TOO MANY people who merely enjoyed what Nature has to offer. Heaven help some poor black guy who happened to be the closest black guy to a racist cop after that cop sees some crime has happened.

Add to all that, prison in America is a money making industry.

[markiv]

7. this proves why we need to build more prisons

to maintain our leadership in incarceration

the threat from st kitts and seychilles cannot be underestimated

[Cali_Democrat]

9. Thankfully the Obama administration is moving to change this

http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/12/politics/holder-mandatory-minimums

[Go Vols]

12. The Feds seldom

get involved in cases involving "low-level, nonviolent drug offenders". They leave those to the state.

[Cali_Democrat]

14. The DOJ moving to cut mandatory minimum drug sentences

is a step in the right direction.

[demwing]

11. In all fairness, Rwanda WOULD be #1

but they kill people that the US would only send to jail

[okieinpain]

16. lol, didn't see your post. I agree with you. n/t.

[NCTraveler]

13. If the numbers included forced labor I don't think the US would be at the top.

Labor camps should be included in incarceration statistics.

[okieinpain]

15. what's funny is some of those countries just kill people instead of

giving them jail time. lol.

[demwing]

17. Deja vu

all over again

[mindwalker_i]

18. In America, we're nothing if not good

at coming up with innovative business models.