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Overcrowded prisons: a worldwide epidemic

[GTranslate]Anyone who is convicted of a crime and imprisoned, may find themselves in some of the world’s worst overcrowded prisons. According to World Prison Brief, Institute for Crime & Justice Policy Research (WPB), the US is a world leader in incarceration. At 639 prisoners per 100,000 general population, the US has the highest incarceration rate in the world.