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-The Seychelles are an archipelago consisting of 115 islands, most of which are uninhabited. 98% of the population (of less than 100,000) live on the so-called inland islands, i.e. a group of 42 islands comprising about half of the land area of the country.
+Archipelago consisting of 115 islands, most of which uninhabited. 98% of the population (of less than 100,000) live on the so-called inland islands, a group of 42 islands comprising about half of the country's land area. 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.
-Demographically, the Seychelles are an inhomogeneous ex-slaveholder society. 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.
+For some years (ca. 2011-2015) the Seychelles had the world's highest incarceration rate ranging '''between 799 and 868 prisoners per 100,000 inhabitants''', relegating the USA to second place. According to the research officer at Montagne Posee, Sam Dodin, most inmates owed their incarceration to drug related offenses like drug possession, trafficking and theft and burglary, often also related to drug habits. [https://www.facebook.com/todayinsey/posts/938746639496480:0 70% of the inmates at Montagne Posee imprisoned for drug related offenses].
-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 release of 150 drug related prisoners in late 2016 '''resulted in 448 per 100,000 by March 2018''' and put the USA back in the leading position. Nota bene: the country's actual population at that time was/is lower than 100,000, namely 96,720.
-:"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.
-:2018 - The current rate at the beginning of March 2018 is 448 per 100,000 inhabitants (which Seychelles does not have: estimated national population of 96,720).
 :2017 -  [https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2017/oct/27/victoria-mahe-seychelles-creole Seychelles has at least 1,000 heroin users, and 2.3% of the 90,000 population are intravenous drug users], among the worst rates in the world. The addicts have only appeared in recent years, with fast economic growth, income inequality, and rapid social change - all this on the drug trafficking routes between Afghanistan and East Africa.
 :2016 November - Seychelles judiciary releases 150 drug offenders as new law comes into effect. ... "For example the indicative minimum for aggravated manufacture, importation or trafficking in a class A drug like heroin, the most serious offence is 20 years and the maximum is life while the indicative minimum for aggravated cultivation of a class B drug like cannabis is eight years and the maximum is 20 years,” she said. Traffickers can now be prosecuted for any quantity of drugs, including fake ones, even when those have been manipulated to keep them below the statutory threshold. According to the Seychelles prison services there are currently nearly 80 convicts -- 59 men and 19 women -- serving sentences for drug-related offences out of over 400 prisoners. Twenty-nine men are also being remanded in relation to drug offences.
-*[https://www.facebook.com/todayinsey/posts/938746639496480:0 70% of the inmates at Montagne Posee are there for drug related offenses including possession, trafficking, theft and burglary when these are the result of needing money to feed the habit].
 :2016 - American sisters found dead in $1,800-a-night Seychelles villa had fluid on their lungs often linked to drug overdoses, authorities say - as locals tell of 'cocaine ... The sisters pictured in a September 19 photo while on vacation in Seychelles. .... ' It is a big problem here and lots of tourists taken the drug.