Before you play
What The Prison Rate Measures
This game compares prison population rates from World Prison Brief.
- The rate is based on incarcerated people per 100,000 of the national population, not a crime rate.
- The list includes countries and territories, and the page sometimes marks values as estimates.
- Pick the place with the higher incarceration rate, or SAME when the listed rates match.
A prison rate can rise because of policing, pre-trial detention, sentencing policy, overcrowding, or authoritarian control, not just recorded crime.