This document analyzes international penal systems by comparing prison populations and conditions in different regions of the world. It divides countries into five groups based on their approach to incarceration. Group 1 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia generally do not have the resources for humane prison facilities. Group 2 Latin American countries struggle with violence in prisons. Group 3 Eastern European countries experience overcrowding. Group 4 Western European countries emphasize alternatives to prison. Group 5 is the United States, where prison is used to handle social problems not directly related to crime. The document concludes by considering the future of imprisonment worldwide.

1. Correctional Institutions
International Penal Systems
Overview and Analysis

2. Why Look at Other
Countries?
 Look at how other countries
operate
 Compare to U.S.

3. Who will be looked at
 Countries in:
 Asia
 Western Europe/Scandanavia
 Eastern Europe
 Africa/Middle East
 Latin America

4. Map of The World

5. Comparisons
 Numbers reached
 Highest v. Lowest
 Interesting Stats

6. How the World Uses Prison
 Imprisonment
numbers (as of
2011)
 Who has the lowest
 Who is the highest

7. Asia Japan
South Korea
 Broad Spectrum
Hong Kong
 The Good, the
Bad and The
Ugly
China

8. Western Europe/Scandanavia
England
Sweden
 Are the countries
really better than
the U.S.? Finland
 Examples
Norway

9. Eastern Europe
Russia
 The Past
 The Present
 The Future
Poland

10. Africa/Middle East
Zimbabwe
 Culture—What difference
does it make?
Saudi Arabia
 Atrocities—Do they
happen and how often?
 Religion—Is it a factor South Africa
and in what way?

12. Latin America Mexico
Peru
 Myth vs. Reality
 What really happens Chile
south of the border!
 Examples Venezuela

13. How the World Uses
Prisons II
 Reasoning behind incarceration
 Politics vs. crime rates and policies
 The Five Groups

14. How the World Uses Prisons II
 Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia (Group 1)
 No indigenous concept of imprisonment
 Seen as unusual way of dealing with crime
 Conditions are appalling
 Governments do not have resources to make
humane, livable facilities

15. For Example…….

16. How the World Uses Prisons II
 Group 2 – Latin America
 Complete breakdown of authority in the
prison system
 Violence and abuse rampant
 Staff do not feel safe—will only go in if armed
 Physical and sexual abuse common; Murder
also happens regularly

18. How the World Uses Prisons II
 Group 3 – Eastern Europe/Central Asia
 Overcrowding uncontrolled (3 to one bed)
 10% suffer from TB
 Russia has shown greatest improvement in
prison condition and reduction in prison
population over last decade

20. How the World Uses Prisons II
 Group 4 – Western Europe/Scandanavia
 Prison seen as last resort
 Philosophy and practice is that prison is not
used to deal with social problems such as
mentally ill, homeless, and the marginalized.
 Prison used only when no other sentence is
reasonable.

22. How the World Uses Prisons II
 Group 5 – United States
 Prison used for reason not directly linked with
crime, reduction of crime or even with the
punishment of the crime.
 Linked to the control of the marginalized and
impoverished groups in society.
 Prison used to handle social problems

23. Conclusion
 Where imprisonment goes in the future
 Can some of the countries be saved?
 Why/Why Not?