FACTOID # 13: The United States puts 0.7 % of its population in Prison - a vastly higher percentage than any other nation.
 
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Central America and the Caribbean > Bahamas, The > Crime

BAHAMIAN CRIME STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Executions 2 executions [23rd of 22]
Illicit drugs
transshipment point for cocaine and marijuana bound for US and Europe; offshore financial center
Prisoners 1,280 prisoners [120th of 168]
Prisoners > Female 1.8% [116th of 134]
Prisoners > Per capita 410 per 100,000 people [9th of 164]
Prisoners > Pre-trial detainees 22.7% [94th of 143]
Prisoners > Share of prison capacity filled 129.2% [51st of 128]
United States extradition treaties > Citation TIAS.
United States extradition treaties > Date signed March 9, 1990
United States extradition treaties > Entered into force September 22, 1994

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SOURCES: Amnesty International; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; The Eighth United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (2002) (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention); International Centre for Prison Studies - World Prison Brief; Wikipedia: List of United States extradition treaties

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Bahamas, The, Commonwealth of The Bahamas, The Bahamas, bahamas

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