the line chart show the prison population in a european country from 1911 to 2001

The two-line graph compares the

number

of

prisoners

in a European area over 90

years

from 1911.

Overall

,

it is clear that

there was a contrasting trend in the prison population

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Whilst the highest

number

of

prisoners

was recorded from males, the opposite can be seen in females showing a consistent decrease in given

years

. In 1911, under 20,000 male

prisoners

were shown, six times higher than 3,200 female ones.

This

figure remained ten

years

later before decreasing in 1931, hitting a low at 10,000

prisoners

. Before recovering 20,000, the figure experienced

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consistent stability until 1971, after which it rose dramatically to 40,000 in 1981. And

then

, the

number

sharply grew before

finally

peaking at 45,000 in 2001.

By contrast

, the

number

of female

prisoners

witnessed a dramatic decline in the

30-

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30-year

years

years

period from 1911, and

then

it reached a trough at 6,000 in 1941.

This

figure later increased gradually in the next

years

till 1961, before returning under 1,000

prisoners

in 1971.

After

this

, it experienced steady growth in the prison population and stood at 1,800 people in 2001.