The table below shows the figures for imprisonment in five countries between 1930 and 1980. Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information shown below.

The bar graph shows the imprisonment

rate

in

five

countries

- Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand, the US, and

Canada

- over

five

decades

from 1930 to 1980.

Overall

, it can be seen that

Canada

had the highest

number

of

prisoners

in 1930

while

Great Britain had the least.

However

, after 50 years, the figure for incarceration decreased in

Canada

and the US accounted for the greatest

number

of

prisoners

.

To begin

with, in 1930, the

number

of

prisoners

in

Canada

stood at 120

thousand

, which was the highest among the other

countries

.

This

number

,

however

, fluctuated over the

five

decades

, hitting a low of approximately 80

thousand

in 1970.

At the end

of the period, the

number

of inmates in

Canada

reached just below 100

thousand

.

Moreover

, Great Britain showed the lowest value at the beginning of the period (around 25

thousand

in 1930).

This

figure rose gradually over time, ending the period at 80

thousand

prisoners

.

On the other hand

, the

number

of

prisoners

in the US and New Zealand was equal (100

thousand

) in 1930. It is evident that over the following

decades

, there was a large gap between the Imprsonmate

rate

in these two

countries

, and they experienced an opposing trend.

At the end

of the

five

decades

, the imprisonment

rate

in the US became the highest

number

among all

countries

.

In Addition

, a glance at the graph provided shows some striking similarities between the imprisonment

rate

pattern of Australia and New Zealand.

However

, in 1980, the

number

of inmates in Australia decreased noticeably to roughly 50

thousand

.