The line graph shows a prison population in a European country between 1911 and 2001. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant

The two line graphs show how many men and women were imprisoned in a European country from 1911 to 2001.

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, it can be seen that the number of male

prisoners

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was always much higher than that of female

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. Both figures went through some fluctuations in the first half of the period, but they increased again towards the end. In 1911, there were around 17,000 male

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,

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the number of female

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was just over 3,000. Over the next few decades, the male prison population dropped to about 10,000 in 1931. It

then

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rose again and reached roughly 18,000 by 1951. From 1951 to 1981, the figure stayed almost unchanged, but after that it grew sharply, climbing to around 35,000 in 1991 and reaching about 40,000 in 2001. The trend for female

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was similar,

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the numbers were much smaller. The female prison population fell steeply from over 3,000 in 1911 to only around 500 in 1941. Between 1941 and 1981, it fluctuated between 500 and 1,300. After 1981, the number began to rise slowly and reached around 1,400 in 2001. In conclusion, both male and female prisoner numbers became higher by the end of the period, but men were always imprisoned in far greater numbers than women.