Prison Population
It was estimated in 2009 that 50 per cent of committals in that year, or 2,000 prisoners, were committed due to defaulting on fines.
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Famous quotes containing the words prison and/or population:
“Home is the girl’s prison and the woman’s workhouse.”
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)
“The broad masses of a population are more amenable to the appeal of rhetoric than to any other force.”
—Adolf Hitler (1889–1945)