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..
