The bar chart depicts data about the number of people in prison in five different countries over a period of 50 years, from 1930 to 1980.
Overall, the figures of prisoners flactuated over the time given, but it is clear from the chart that USA stood at the highest proportion of people in prison. On the contrary, Great Britain had the lowest percentage of prisoners.
It’s seen from the chart, the United States had the large number of prisoners in 1970 and this figure for this country had nearly 140000 prisoners in 1980. And Canada was shown with the highest figure for imprisonment between 1930 and 1950 with 120000 prisoners. In addition, New Zealand and Australia flactuated between 4000 to 100000 prisoners between 1930 and 1980. The figures for Australia and Great Britain had nearly 22000 and 82000 prisoners.
Furthermore, the number of people in prison in Great Britain rose steadily between 1930 and 1980, peaking about 80000 at the end of the period.
