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The Seychelles are a demographically inhomogeneous ex-slaveholder society with extreme income disparity and the highest imprisonment rate in the whole world. | |||
(When the British gained control of the islands during the Napoleonic Wars, they allowed the French upper class to retain their land. Both the French and British settlers used enslaved Africans, and although the British prohibited slavery in 1835, African workers continued to come. Thus the Gran blan ("big whites") of French origin dominated economic and political life. The British administration employed Indians on indentured servitude to the same degree as in Mauritius resulting in a small Indian population. The Indians, like a similar minority of Chinese, were confined to a merchant class.) | |||
In 2014, the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seychelles Seychelles] had the world's highest rate of imprisonment with 799 per 100,000 inhabitants. With only around 90,000 inhabitants, the islands counted 735 prisoners in 3 prisons, 8% of whom were women. | In 2014, the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seychelles Seychelles] had the world's highest rate of imprisonment with 799 per 100,000 inhabitants. With only around 90,000 inhabitants, the islands counted 735 prisoners in 3 prisons, 8% of whom were women. | ||