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5. Prisons
5.3.2.1 Number of persons held in Prisons, Penal Institutions or Correctional Institutions, UNSENTENCED, for LESS than 12 months, of which: LESS than 6 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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Argentina202110,496 
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Barbados------ 
Belize2021148 
Bolivia------ 
Brazil20176,115 
Canada202131,604 
Chile20217,786 
Colombia20214,492 
Costa Rica2020910 
Dominica202060 
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Ecuador------ 
El Salvador2019436 
Grenada------ 
Guatemala20202,288 
Guyana2021212 
Haiti------ 
Honduras------ 
Jamaica------ 
Mexico202139,770 
Nicaragua20192,402 
Panama------ 
Paraguay------ 
Peru20205,406 
Saint Kitts and Nevis------ 
Saint Lucia202191 
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines2020201 
Suriname202114 
Trinidad and Tobago------ 
United States------ 
Uruguay------ 
Venezuela------ 
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