History of United States prison systems - historical aspects of the United States prison system. Article “History of United States prison systems” in English Wikipedia has 100 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 638 references and 17 sections.
Since the creation of article “History of United States prison systems”, its content was written by 89 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 89 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.
The article is cited 26 times in English Wikipedia and cited 26 times in all languages.
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There is 1 language version for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).
The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).
| Best Rank | English: #71144 04.2015 |
Global: #139573 04.2015 |
| Best Rank | English: #18909 05.2020 |
Global: #103622 05.2020 |
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