There are 11.5 million people in prison globally

Info and figures

The report is crammed stuffed with fascinating (usually deeply miserable) information and figures; I’ve picked a choice of these to function on this weblog publish. I hope you discover my selections attention-grabbing, however I do advocate having a flick thru the report your self.

Numbers

There are almost 11.5 million folks in jail around the globe, 10.5 million of them are males. Between 2000 – 2022, the male jail inhabitants elevated by 22% whereas the variety of girls incarcerated shot up by 60%.

Remand

Giant remand populations are usually not simply a problem in England and Wales. One in three folks in jail around the globe are in pre-trial detention, presumed harmless.

Older folks

Identified charges of older individuals in jail differ from 0.5% in Montenegro to 35% in Japan. What is taken into account “older” in detention ranges from 50 to 70 years outdated, as a consequence of recognition of accelerated growing old in jail. Within the US, virtually half of these serving life with out parole are over 50, with one-third projected to be by 2030.

Kids in custody

The variety of kids in legal justice-related detention is rising, estimated to be 261,200 in 2024 of whom 19,000 reside with their guardian in jail (usually their mom). The United Nations recommends that the minimal age of legal accountability must be 14 years. The worldwide common is 11.3 years, the worldwide median is 12 years. In England and Wales it’s 10 years.

Racism

Racial, ethnic and indigenous minorities are disproportionately arrested, prosecuted and imprisoned throughout the globe because the infographic I’ve reproduced under illustrates.