Section IV: Global Comparisons
Introduction
- Incarcerated population on the planet554: 8,750,000
- Percent of incarcerated population that is in the United States555: 22%
- Percent of global population that is in the United States556: 4.6%
- Percent of countries with rising prison populations557: 69%
- Percent of countries with prison populations below 150 per 100,000 national population558: 63%
This page is an excerpt from The Prison Index: Taking the Pulse of the Crime Control Industry (2003) by Peter Wagner, published by the Western Prison Project and the Prison Policy Initiative. Footnotes for all facts are available in the print version.
