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6. Criminal Justice System Personnel & Capacity
6.5.3b Official Capacity of Prisons, Penal Institutions or Correctional Institutions (Females of all ages)
“Official Capacity of Adult Prisons, Penal Institutions or Correctional Institutions (Females of all ages)" means the intended number of places available at Prisons, Penal institutions or Correctional institutions for Females 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------ 
Bahamas2019100 
Barbados2021102 
Belize202164 
Bolivia------ 
Brazil------ 
Canada------ 
Chile20214,640 
Colombia20216,236 
Costa Rica------ 
Dominica20216 
Dominican Republic2021759 
Ecuador20212,442 
El Salvador------ 
Grenada202114 
Guatemala2019746 
Guyana201780 
Haiti------ 
Honduras2019800 
Jamaica2021317 
Mexico202116,492 
Nicaragua20191,022 
Panama2021807 
Paraguay2016401 
Peru------ 
Saint Kitts and Nevis------ 
Saint Lucia202120 
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines201928 
Suriname------ 
Trinidad and Tobago------ 
United States------ 
Uruguay2021647 
Venezuela------ 
Regions
 
    
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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).