USA incarcerates more than any other country of the world
6 March 2008U.S. is recognized as the country, most actively using prisons for isolation of the citizens, informs Reuters referring to the research, prepared by Pew Center On The States.
According to these data, every 100-th adult citizen of the country is now in a prison or a colony. The general number of prisoners in the USA is 2,3 million people.
For comparison: 1,5-billionth China has 1,5 million prisoners, and 145-million Russia - 890 thousand.
The USA is in the lead not only by amount of prisoners, but also on their share in the society, outstripping such countries, as Iran and South African Republic.
In addition, according to this research, there is tendency of increase in number of prisoners in the USA. So, since 1987 till 2007 the number of people sentenced to imprisonment has trebled.