Asia’s prison populations – Thailand #10 in the world

Thailand has the third highest prison population in Asia. But with 461 prisoners for every 100,000 people, Thailand has the tenth highest incarceration rate in the world and the highest in Asia.

By Phuket Gazette & The Nation

 

  

China has the largest prison population in Asia, more than four times as large as India. However, when it comes to prison population rates, Thailand has the highest incarceration rate in the region.

 

Around the world more than 10.35 million people are imprisoned either as pretrial detainees or having been convicted and sentenced, according to the report of UK-based Institute of Criminal Policy Research.

 

The USA has the highest prison population in the world with around 2.2 million incarcerated. China, which is four times more populous than the United States, is a distant second, with 1.6 million people in prison.

 

Full story: https://www.phuketgazette.net/news/asias-prison-populations-thailand-10-world

 

-- © Copyright Phuket Gazette 2018-01-11

They could probably get it  up to the full 60+million if the Police did their jobs

18 hours ago, gunderhill said:

They could probably get it  up to the full 60+million if the Police did their jobs

The thing is, if the police started with the most rotten, corrupt and dishonest first, then there would be nobody left to arrest anyone else or to 'run' the country.

19 hours ago, gunderhill said:

They could probably get it  up to the full 60+million if the Police did their jobs

Maybe many will be released for wrong imprisonment ?

There should be one more in jail :

*Red bull heir , Red bull heir , Red bull heir*

So pleased with myself, being the first person to mention him in a thread

There would be far less inmates if the police and prosecution had to prove guilt!  Or if anyone understood what "beyond a reasonable doubt" means.

1 hour ago, Mickmouse1 said:

Maybe many will be released for wrong imprisonment ?

Quite so.