According to media reports, 1.8% of the Salvadoran population is behind bars, the highest incarceration rate on the continent. Based on figures from the latest population census, 3 out of every 100 men are in prison.This has led to a crisis of extreme overcrowding in most penitentiary centres, some of which, according to civil society organisations, have been running at over 300% capacity ... More @Wikipedia
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