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5. Prisons
5.1.2a Adults Held in Prisons, Penal Institutions or Correctional Institutions (Males)
"MALE ADULTS HELD IN PRISONS" means the total number of Male adults held in Prisons, Penal Institutions or Correctional Institutions on a specified day, and should exclude non-criminal prisoners held for administrative purposes, including persons held pending investigation into their immigration status or foreign citizens without a legal right to stay.

[Source: Data are provided by Member States through the United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (UN-CTS).]


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Countries
 
    
Antigua and Barbuda2020423 
Argentina202091,254 
Bahamas20201,396 
Barbados2020810 
Belize20201,724 
Bolivia202016,260 
Brazil2019718,007 
Canada200633,308 
Chile202038,724 
Colombia202089,445 
Costa Rica202014,933 
Dominica2020344 
Dominican Republic202026,315 
Ecuador202036,199 
El Salvador201935,207 
Grenada2020350 
Guatemala202022,395 
Guyana20201,814 
Haiti20139,052 
Honduras202020,528 
Jamaica20203,419 
Mexico2020198,148 
Nicaragua201917,086 
Panama202017,033 
Paraguay202013,079 
Peru202082,627 
Saint Kitts and Nevis2020182 
Saint Lucia2020492 
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines2020676 
Suriname2020780 
Trinidad and Tobago20156,902 
United States20201,528,700 
Uruguay202012,234 
Venezuela201243,918 
Regions
 
    
01. Americas20123,319,820 
02. Caribbean201243,424 
03. Central America201283,849 
04. North America20122,374,406 
05. South America2012818,141 
* Alertamerica adopts the use of commas to indicate figures un the thousands (1,000) while points signal decimals (10.5).