The bar chart provides information about the number of people in prison in five different countries between 1930 and 1980.
Overall,while the figures for imprisonment fluctuated over the period shown, it is clear that the USA had the highest number of prisoners .On the other hand , Great Britain had the lowest number of prisoners for majority of the period.
It can be seen from the chart that the USA had the highest number of prisoners in four out of six years, and this figure for this country peaked at nearly 140 000 prisoners in 1980.Canada had the highest figure for imprisonment in 1930 and 1950,with about 120000 prisoners in both years.The figures for New Zeeland and Australia fluctuated between 40000 and 100000 prisoners,although New Zeeland prison population tend to be higher of the two.
In contras to the figures for the other countries , the number of prisoners in GB rose steadily between 1930 and 1980,reaching a peak of about 80000 at the end of the period (181 words)
