They are likely to be drawn disproportionately from the poorest and most marginalised groups in society, and in some places there are even children living in prisons with their parents (pdf) in their thousands. Around a third of prisoners globally haven’t even been found guilty – they are on pre-trial detention. These people are not necessarily hardened criminals. The world’s prison population has gone up 10% since 2004, and in some countries, such as Indonesia, the increase has been as high as 183%. And then there are those that are a much harder sell sewers, for example, or prisons.īut the world’s prisons are home to an estimated 10 million people globally (pdf) and this number is rising. W hen it comes to infrastructure development in developing countries, there are projects that instantly appeal – like hospitals.
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