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[–] DahGangalang 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I expect it will, but does that ranking hold true on a per capita basis?

[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

#5 worldwide.

[–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The ranking goes as follows

  1. El Salvador
  2. Cuba
  3. Rwanda
  4. Turkmenistan
  5. USA

Notably, all the 4 countries above the US have less than 1/10 the total amount of prisoners that the US does

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_incarceration_rate