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The Seychelles society is characterized by a growing income disparity and has become prominent - in recent years - because of its incarceration rate: the highest in the  world. The decisive factor for this unusual prison rate was not the presence of Somali pirates in Seychelles prisons, but the unresolved drug policy. From a 2016 Facebook entry on the Seychelles' prison and drug policy:  
The Seychelles society is characterized by a growing income disparity and has become prominent - in recent years - because of its incarceration rate: the highest in the  world. The decisive factor for this unusual prison rate was not the presence of Somali pirates in Seychelles prisons, but the unresolved drug policy. From a 2016 Facebook entry on the Seychelles' prison and drug policy:  


:"With 786 prisoners as of last year and an incarceration rate of 868 per 100 000 of the population, Seychelles yet again last year topped the list of the countries with the highest number of incarcerated prisoners per 100 000 people. According to the research officer at Montagne Posee, Sam Dodin, most inmates owe their incarceration to drug related offenses like drug possession, trafficking and theft and burglary."
:"With 786 prisoners as of last year and an '''incarceration rate of 868 per 100 000''' of the population, Seychelles yet again last year topped the list of the countries with the highest number of incarcerated prisoners per 100 000 people. According to the research officer at Montagne Posee, Sam Dodin, most inmates owe their incarceration to drug related offenses like drug possession, trafficking and theft and burglary."


After the release of 150 drug related prisoners at the end of 2016, Seychelles lost their position as the world's leading incarceration nation to the USA.  
After the release of 150 drug related prisoners at the end of 2016, Seychelles lost their position as the world's leading incarceration nation to the USA.  
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