It is difficult to consider seriously human rights pronouncements emanating from a society that: * Has the second-highest imprisonment rate in the world.

During the past two decades, imprisonment rates have risen for both men and women, although the share of women in prison is still much lower.

African Americans have the highest imprisonment rate of any major ethnic group in the world.

For years, the state's imprisonment rate has ranked among the top.

We had declining imprisonment rates in the 60's and the early 70's.

Crime can be measured by such data as arrest records, imprisonment rates, and surveys.

South Africa has the world's second-highest imprisonment rate, with 333 people imprisoned per 100,000 residents, the report said.

The imprisonment rate for females has increased significantly.

In addition, imprisonment rates have been increasing steadily since the 1980s, and most prisons are overcrowded.

That year, our imprisonment rate rose above 600 inmates per 100,000 adults.