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?