An approximate ratio of 639 of 100,000 US residents is currently spending time behind bars according to data provided by the Institute for Crime & Justice Policy Research at the University of London. El Salvador and Panama, two other countries on the American continent make the top ten at places two and nine respectively.
The UK’s overseas territories are also represented with two entries, the Virgin Islands and Grenada. The latter rounds off the list of the ten countries with the highest prison population rates with a value of 413 inmates per 100,000 residents.
The New York branch of the facility has been the subject of much scrutiny after Jeffrey Epstein’s death. Notable recent inmates included socialite and alleged sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell, musician R. Kelly and former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen.
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