- 3.7% of
under 18s in the UK are held in the prison system (the
second highest rate in the EU).
- 43% of
over 60s refuse to walk out and about in their community
after dark.
- The number
of women in prison increased by almost 100% in the 1990s.
- The current
population of UK prisons is 72,379 (from results taken on 11/10/2002).
- 97 countries
across the world still retain and use the death penalty.
- Fewer than
half Britain's prisoners are imprisoned for violent offences.
- Courts
in Scotland have three verdicts: guilty, not guilty and not
proven.
- The current
population of UK prisons is 72,502 (from results taken on 15/11/2002).
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