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Prisoners Awaiting Trial

Map No. 294

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This map shows people who are imprisoned, but have not yet been convicted. In 2006, there were possibly 2.8 million such prisoners. Of all prisoners, 30% were awaiting trial. The territories where the largest proportion of prisoners have not yet been tried for the crime they are accused of are Haiti at 84%, Andorra at 77% and Bolivia at 75%.

The map shows slightly more prisoners awaiting trial in China than in the United States. The third largest population of prisoners awaiting trial live in India. The number of prisoners awaiting trial per ten thousand people living there was 4 in China, 16 in the United States and 2 in India.

"Despite a major international outcry and expert condemnation ... over 400 people of 35 different nationalities remain held without charge or fair trial at the United States Naval Base in Guantánamo Bay ..." Amnesty International, 2006

Territory size shows the proportion of prisoners worldwide who are awaiting trial.

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