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ENGLAND & WALES PRISONS - MYTHS AND FACTS

Figures from the International Centre for Prison Studies show England & Wales have a combined prison population of 84,430 inmates . That is the highest in Europe, just beating Poland to the top post. When taken in consideration the rate per 100,000 citizens, England/Wales still have the highest figures in Western Europe, 148 , only 4 countries from the East fare worse, Poland (217), Hungary (186), Romania (155), and Czech Republic (154).

UCI, SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES

According to cicloweb.it ( http://goo.gl/dWE1Dx ), the UCI has finally been at work to change the formats of rankings and various levels of professional cycling. The changes will be discussed next January 2014 so the new format should be in place for 2015 to 2020.