| BRISTOL
ABC Imprisonment Tables 2008 |
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| Rank | Country |
Total |
Prisoners per 100,000 of national population |
Prisoners held on remand/ |
Number of prisons |
| 1 | USA |
2,299,116 |
762 |
21.0% |
5,069 |
| 2 | China |
1,565,771 |
119 |
est 06.0% |
est 800 |
| 3 | Russian Federation |
894,855 |
635 |
15.6% |
1,051 |
| 18 | United Kingdom |
83,601 |
154 |
16.2% |
140 |
Source – http://www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/law/research/icps/worldbrief/
Let’s not strive to join the USA, China and Russia at the top of the imprisonment table by 2012…