The chart 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 chart illustrates the statistics of prisons across five nations over a fifty-year period.

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Canada recorded the highest figures throughout most decades, Great Britain consistently had the lowest until 1980.

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with, whilst Canada had the greatest count in the first decade with approximately 125 compared to other countries, it went through fluctations throughout the years until United States surpassed it in the middle from 1960 to 1980, taking the lead from the neighboring country, reaching its peak in 1980 , which considered the maximum total in the USA with around 135 prisons.

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, Great Britain was recorded for the least number of imprisonments, with only nearly 30 prisons,

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New Zealand and Australia saw significant numbers in the same decade, with about 100 and 70 incarcerations, respectively.

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, the figures of the latter two populations decreased substantially, reducing the gap with the UK in 1950.

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, following that year, all three countries reached the same plateau in 1970 with around 70 confinements for each.

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both lands, the UK and New Zealand, rose to approximately 82 for each, Australia documented the lowest among all nations, with roughly 48.