Cuba is a country that has been ruled by a repressive Communist
dictatorship for decades. Its state security forces arrest and imprison
thousands of Cubans for real, imaginary, and made-up crimes, the latter
two categories being more than a little "political."

According to the International Center for Prison Studies, Cuba's
incarceration rate in 2006-2009 was 531 for each 100,000 residents.

In the United States, a bastion of democracy, the incarceration rate for
the same time period was 751 for each 100,000 residents.