Iran Among Top Ten Most Prisoners

Countries with the highest prison populations

Take your get out of jail free card if you visit one of these 10 countries with the highest prison population.

23-Aug-2012
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Truthseeker9

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by Truthseeker9 on

Wonder if Neda's murderer is part of these statistics ...


Bavafa

It would have been of great interest to me....

by Bavafa on

If there had such statistic for political prisoners.

Yes, US may have the highest percentage of criminals, which is a shame but I wonder where Iran ranks in regards to political prisoners?  I would not be surprised to hear if it is in top three

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maghshoosh

Per capita prisoner ranking

by maghshoosh on

If you divide the number of prisoners stated in the video by the population of the country as stated in the Wikipedia, you arrive at the following reshuffling of the countries listed in the video:

10)  India:      (368998)/(1210193K) = 0.03%

9)   China:      (164000)/(1347350K) = 0.12%

8)   Mexico:    (230943)/(114259K) = 0.20%

7)   Brazil:      (514582)/(192376K) = 0.27%

6)   S. Africa:  (157375)/48810K) = 0.32%

5)   Ukraine:   (152399)/(45888K) = 0.332%

4)   Iran:        (250000)/(75150K) = 0.333%

3)   Thailand:  (234678)/(66720K) = 0.35%

2)   Russia:    (731400)/(143100K) = 0.51%

1)   US:         (2266832)/(314215K) = 0.72%

Of course, the above per capita ranking is not necessarily across the globe, just among the 10 countries listed in the video.


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