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Prisons the World Over
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2009
Summary
As of 2007, more than 9.25 million people were imprisoned worldwide. Almost half of the persons imprisoned are in the United States, China and Russia. The United States has more persons in prison per capita than any country in the world. Prisons The World Over offers a comprehensive overview of prison demographics and conditions for each of the following countries: United States, Canada, Argentina, Brazil, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Sweden, Hungary, Poland, Russia, Israel, Egypt, Iran, Nigeria, South Africa, India, China, Japan, and Australia. The book includes reports on the number of prisoners, the rate per population, the percent of female prisoners, the number of penal institutions and their occupancy level, and the number of privately run prisons Also reported are the offenses for which the inmates are interred, the average length of incarceration, the availability of parole, conditions in the prisons, the availability of educational and work programs, provisions for children of female prisoners, the availability and quality of medical care, the characteristics of the prison staff, the visitation rights of prisoners, and the presence and treatment of political prisoners.
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Bibliographic data
Copyright year
2009
ISBN-Print
978-0-7391-4024-6
ISBN-Online
978-0-7391-4026-0
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
156
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Contents No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 8
Chapter 01. Canada No access
Chapter 02. United States No access
Chapter 03. Argentina No access
Chapter 04. Brazil No access
Chapter 05. Great Britain No access
Chapter 06. France No access
Chapter 07. Germany No access
Chapter 08. Italy No access
Chapter 09. Sweden No access
Chapter 10. Poland No access
Chapter 11. Russian Federation No access
Chapter 12. Hungary No access
Chapter 13. Iran No access
Chapter 14. Israel No access
Chapter 15. Egypt No access
Chapter 16. Nigeria No access
Chapter 17. South Africa No access
Chapter 18. India No access
Chapter 19. China No access
Chapter 20. Japan No access
Chapter 21. Australia No access
Concluding Remarks No access Pages 123 - 124
Appendix A: Political Prisoners No access Pages 125 - 142
