During that period there were 607 000 adult and juvenile prisoners including pre-trial detainees as at September 1st of each year. That figure does not include those held (often in appalling circumstances and with few rights) pending investigation into their immigration status or awaiting deportation.
The EU wide average is 123 prisoners per 100 000 of population. In comparison, in the USA there are 758 prisoners per 100 000 of population.
The highest prisoner rates are to be found in the Baltic countries, Poland and the Czech Republic with the very highest in Estonia (302 prisoners per 100 000 inhabitants ), Latvia (293), Lithuania (232), Poland (228) and the Czech Republic (185). The lowest rates were registered in Slovenia (60), Finland (68), Denmark (71), Ireland (75 in 2004-2006) and Sweden (77). Interestingly, a high crime rate country such as Belgium has a below average rate for prisoners (91).
More complete statistics on crime (number of recoded offences etc.) in the EU are available in this brochure.
The high numbers in the US put their unemployment statistics in perspective!
Posted by: Carlomagno | July 05, 2009 at 09:35 AM
Wow. The US has an alarmingly high percentage of prisoners versus the population.
Posted by: Joe | July 07, 2009 at 08:29 AM
Hi
I have a question which I hope you can assist with.
It relates to equal treatment on the grounds of nationality
The following quote comes from a UK Border Agency document...
"EEA national prisoners who are not deportable but wish to return home and want to be removed early under the Early Removal Scheme will be liable to Administrative Removal under the EEA Regulations"
However Irish nationals who are serving sentences in the UK and who want to return home are being denied access to this scheme. Do you think Irish nationals have grounds for a case of discrimination on the grounds of nationality? The UK authorities have indicated that because the ERS scheme is a national policy EU law does not apply and thereby they can remove the EEA citizenship of Irish nationals living in the UK when required to suit their own ends. Surely this is not allowed ?
Thank you
Regards
G Payne
Posted by: Gabriel Payne | July 19, 2009 at 07:33 AM
Really nice post..thanks a lot for posting this..Please continue with the great work.
http://legallaw.sosblog.com/The-first-blog-b1/Changes-In-Law-To-Promote-Flexible-Working-In-UK-b1-p3.htm
Posted by: Robin Smith | September 14, 2009 at 06:00 AM
No doubt, Tte high numbers in the US put their unemployment statistics in perspective!
Posted by: bankruptcy records | October 30, 2009 at 05:38 PM
The number of immigrants in the UK alone is staggering these days. They have such lax immigration laws, and that leads to a horrific drain on their social programs' resources.
Posted by: bankruptcy records | November 19, 2009 at 12:02 PM
Those us numbers are probably skewed a bit because of the number of immigrants that enter this country each year.
Posted by: bankruptcy discharge papers | November 30, 2009 at 05:31 AM