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Archived version: https://archive.ph/EoFKT
Archived version: https://web.archive.org/web/20230923181810/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-66900526
You can tell a lot about a country by how many of its own people they put in jail. I’ve never looked up the numbers but I’m sure China must be the worst, given how much I hear in the media about them repressing people.
As a percentage of population (incarceration rate) its way way down the list, like 129th.
As a count of prisoners，its number two. USA is number one.