Prison Population, S.A. no 2 , U.S. no 1

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More than one in every 100 American adults is in prison, making the United States the world's biggest jailer, according to a report published today.

It reveals that more than 2.3 million adults were incarcerated in the U.S. at the start of 2008 - or one of every 99.1 out of a total adult population of some 230 million.

"The United States imprisons more people than any country in the world," the report said.

The numbers - based on January statistics released by the International Centre for Prison Studies at King's College, London - put U.S. prison numbers far above those of China, which has 1.5 million people behind bars even though its total population is more than four times bigger than the United States'.

South Africa has 341 prisoners per 100,000 citizens, Iran has 222 per 100,000, and China 119, according to the King's College centre's World Prison Brief.
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/li...ews.html?in_article_id=522834&in_page_id=1811

However life in prison in Bolivia is somewhat different, and tourism is welcome :D

Convicts at san pedro in bolivia have to pay rent for a cell and they all have jobs within the prison. a large number have partners and children staying with them and tourists/backpackers are allowed to enter the prison but must be accompanied by a tour guide (a prisoner) for safety reasons (wtf?!). tourists can even stay the night in a cell for a small fee and a large number of them frequent the jail in order to buy cocaine from inmates as it’s apparently the purest and cheapest in Bolivia.

it’s also been suggested that local police only enter the facility to collect bribes
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http://deputy-dog.com/2007/06/24/prisons-of-the-world-2/
 
I hope those boys from Bloem will add to the numbers
 
yes and no . But those urinating kids need 2 days in the holding cell with Mandla , it will enlighten them
 
zanga said:
yes and no . But those urinating kids need 2 days in the holding cell with Mandla , it will enlighten them
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Why yes and no? Shouldn't all perpetrators of intolerance, violence and destruction of tax-payers' property "enlightened"?
 
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