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5. Prisons
5.3.2 Number of persons held in Prisons, Penal Institutions or Correctional Institutions, UNSENTENCED, for LESS than 12 months
"PERSONS HELD UNSENTENCED" refers to persons held in adult and/or juvenile Prisons, Penal institutions or Correctional institutions who are untried, pre-trial or awaiting a first instance decision on their case from a competent authority regarding their conviction or acquittal.
INCLUSIONS: Persons held before and during the trial should be included.
EXCLUSIONS: Sentenced persons held awaiting the outcome of an appeal in respect of verdict or sentence or who are within the statutory limits for appealing their sentence should be excluded.

[Source: United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (UN-CTS).]



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Antigua and Barbuda------ 
Argentina202216,895 
Bahamas20220 
Barbados202290 
Belize2022281 
Bolivia20228,963 
Brazil201923,186 
Canada202236,671 
Chile202213,866 
Colombia201717,578 
Costa Rica20222,030 
Dominica2022136 
Dominican Republic20218,007 
Ecuador------ 
El Salvador------ 
Grenada------ 
Guatemala20223,212 
Guyana2021295 
Haiti------ 
Honduras------ 
Jamaica------ 
Mexico202244,710 
Nicaragua20191,193 
Panama------ 
Paraguay------ 
Peru202213,185 
Saint Kitts and Nevis202273 
Saint Lucia2022134 
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines2022283 
Suriname202276 
Trinidad and Tobago------ 
United States------ 
Uruguay------ 
Venezuela------ 
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02. Caribbean------ 
03. Central America------ 
04. North America------ 
05. South America------ 
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