World prison population.More than 9.25 million people in the world are held in penal institutions, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the 2007 edition of the World Prison Population List, produced by the International Centre for Prison Studies The International Centre for Prison Studies was established in the School of Law, King's College London, United Kingdom in April 1997. It was launched formally by the Right Hon Jack Straw, Home Secretary, in October 1997. in London. This represents an increase of a quarter of a million since the previous study in 2005. Drawing mainly from official statistics from 214 independent countries and dependent territories, the report reveals that almost half of those imprisoned im·pris·on tr.v. im·pris·oned, im·pris·on·ing, im·pris·ons To put in or as if in prison; confine. [Middle English emprisonen, from Old French emprisoner : en- are in the U.S., China, and Russia. The data is weakened by regional differences such as whether juveniles, the mentally ill, or pre-trial persons are incarcerated incarcerated /in·car·cer·at·ed/ (in-kahr´ser-at?ed) imprisoned; constricted; subjected to incarceration. in·car·cer·at·ed adj. Confined or trapped, as a hernia. and whether prisons are government-run or privately run. The list also states: * 738: Number of prisoners per 100,000 people in the United States--the highest prison population rate in the world. * 611: Prisoners per 100,000 in Russia. * 487: Prisoners per 100,000 in Cuba. * 214: Prisoners per 100,000 in Iran. * 118: Prisoners per 100,000 in China (sentenced prisoners only). * 61: Percent of countries whose prison population rate is below 150 per 100,000. Source: "World Prison Population List (seventh edition)," by Roy Walmsley (International Centre for Prison Studies, King's College King's College, former name of Columbia Univ. London). |
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