Do we have too many people in prison? / Civitas, 3 February 2007
http://www.civitas.org.uk/press/prPrisonCalc.php
"If we imprisoned offenders at the average rate of EU members, the prison population would be 113,150 instead of 80,000. Eight out of the fifteen members of the EU for which figures are available imprisoned offenders at a higher rate than England and Wales."