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6. Criminal Justice System Personnel & Capacity
6.5.1 Official Capacity of Adult Prisons, Penal Institutions or Correctional Institutions
“Official Capacity of Juvenile Prisons, Penal Institutions or Correctional Institutions" means the intended number of places available at Juvenile Prisons, Penal institutions or Correctional institutions or detention centers for juveniles
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.]

In the law a “JUVENILE” means a minor who is not old enough to be held responsible for criminal acts. “Juvenile” is a minor or person who is of certain minimum age but still under the age of legal competence. The minority is determined according to what each country’s legislation establishes; however, a majority of countries establish that a person is no longer a minor after reaching the age of 18. Therefore an individual charged with a crime who is between the minimum age established by the country’s legislation and (in most cases) 18, is considered a juvenile.


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Countries
 
    
Antigua and Barbuda2009150 
Argentina202392,904 
Bahamas20191,500 
Barbados20231,274 
Belize20212,000 
Bolivia202310,521 
Brazil2022478,096 
Canada202244,724 
Chile202342,206 
Colombia202381,740 
Costa Rica202313,314 
Dominica2021286 
Dominican Republic202115,725 
Ecuador202327,556 
El Salvador201927,387 
Grenada2021200 
Guatemala20236,709 
Guyana20232,283 
Haiti20092,448 
Honduras201914,820 
Jamaica20233,547 
Mexico2023222,781 
Nicaragua201912,367 
Panama202114,611 
Paraguay20219,511 
Peru202341,019 
Saint Kitts and Nevis2012212 
Saint Lucia2023540 
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines2023489 
Suriname20231,059 
Trinidad and Tobago20153,506 
United States20192,134,500 
Uruguay202312,571 
Venezuela201118,515 
Regions
 
    
01. Americas------ 
02. Caribbean20196,585 
03. Central America202089,816 
04. North America20192,399,520 
05. South America2019252,256 
* Alertamerica adopts the use of commas to indicate figures un the thousands (1,000) while points signal decimals (10.5).