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international imprisonments  

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  • Increasing prison populations and particularly prison overcrowding are important concerns in all democratic countries. The undesirable effects of overcrowding are legion, including increases in correction costs, longer delays before imprisonment, and deterioration in living and working conditions for inmates and correction officers. [Source: Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment; International Imprisonments]

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