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6. Criminal Justice System Personnel & Capacity
6.5.3a Official Capacity of Prisons, Penal Institutions or Correctional Institutions (Males of all ages)
“Official Capacity of Prisons, Penal Institutions or Correctional Institutions (Males of all ages)" means the intended number of places available at Prisons, Penal institutions or Correctional institutions for Males of all ages (including Juvenile institutions) as at 31 December, for which the facility was designed either at the time of construction of the prison facility or following structural refurbishments/renovations. This excludes places/capacity used for detention of persons on the basis of immigration status.

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


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Antigua and Barbuda------ 
Argentina------ 
Bahamas20191,500 
Barbados20231,271 
Belize20212,036 
Bolivia------ 
Brazil------ 
Canada------ 
Chile202337,603 
Colombia202375,526 
Costa Rica202312,909 
Dominica2021280 
Dominican Republic202115,668 
Ecuador202325,751 
El Salvador------ 
Grenada2019186 
Guatemala20236,042 
Guyana202376 
Haiti------ 
Honduras201914,020 
Jamaica20233,543 
Mexico2023210,884 
Nicaragua201911,695 
Panama202114,323 
Paraguay20166,242 
Peru20231,577 
Saint Kitts and Nevis------ 
Saint Lucia2023519 
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines2023480 
Suriname20231,052 
Trinidad and Tobago------ 
United States------ 
Uruguay202111,508 
Venezuela------ 
Regions
 
    
01. Americas------ 
02. Caribbean------ 
03. Central America------ 
04. North America------ 
05. South America------ 
* Alertamerica adopts the use of commas to indicate figures un the thousands (1,000) while points signal decimals (10.5).