World Prisons

Embed widgets

Drop a facility or country stat card into your article with a single iframe. All widgets are free to use under CC-BY-4.0; the widget footer already contains the required source link.

Country widget

Prison population, incarceration rate, and facility count for any country.

<iframe
  src="https://worldprisons.com/embed/country/united-states"
  width="480" height="220" loading="lazy"
  style="border:0" title="United States prison stats"
></iframe>

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Facility widget

Capacity, current population, occupancy, and risk tier for any facility.

<iframe
  src="https://worldprisons.com/embed/prison/rikers-island"
  width="480" height="260" loading="lazy"
  style="border:0" title="Rikers Island prison stats"
></iframe>

Live preview

Notes for editors

  • Use the exact URL slug from the entity page — you'll find it in the address bar (e.g. /countries/united-states).
  • Widgets are chromeless: no site header, footer, or ads. Just the stats and an attribution link.
  • The iframe height/width above are recommendations. The card is fluid up to a max of 480px wide.
  • Data revalidates every hour. Cached snapshots on your CDN will refresh on their own schedule.
  • Every widget links back to its canonical page on worldprisons.com — that's the CC-BY-4.0 attribution requirement.
  • See the API for programmatic access if you need something bespoke.