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Countries with the largest prison inmate populations in the world
The global prison population has been a topic of significant concern and study. According to the World Prison Brief, several countries stand out due to their large numbers of incarcerated individuals.
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The prison population is going up as prisons struggle with staffing and overpopulation
The prison population has been creeping back upward. New laws in some states instituting harsher punishments threaten to further fill prisons, many of which are already understaffed and overcrowded.