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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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Argentina202016,128 
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Barbados2016202 
Belize2020238 
Bolivia------ 
Brazil20194,176 
Canada201946,825 
Chile202011,360 
Colombia20204,273 
Costa Rica20201,771 
Dominica2020119 
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Guatemala20203,741 
Guyana2020286 
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Jamaica------ 
Mexico202049,519 
Nicaragua20191,193 
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Paraguay------ 
Peru20209,167 
Saint Kitts and Nevis------ 
Saint Lucia2020149 
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines2020335 
Suriname2020100 
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United States------ 
Uruguay------ 
Venezuela------ 
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