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6. Criminal Justice System Personnel & Capacity
6.5.1% Occupancy rate (based on official capacity)
"Occupancy rate" describes the total of persons held in prisons, penal institutions or correctional institutions as a PERCENTAGE of the prison's system official capacity. [(Prison population * 100) / Official capacity].

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Countries
 
    
Antigua and Barbuda2009185 
Argentina2023121 
Bahamas2019105 
Barbados202353 
Belize202151 
Bolivia2023274 
Brazil2022135 
Canada202278 
Chile2023123 
Colombia2023124 
Costa Rica2023118 
Dominica2021138 
Dominican Republic2021173 
Ecuador2023112 
El Salvador2019139 
Grenada2021295 
Guatemala2023346 
Guyana2023100 
Haiti2009363 
Honduras2019146 
Jamaica2023100 
Mexico2023104 
Nicaragua2019143 
Panama2021134 
Paraguay202117 
Peru2023231 
Saint Kitts and Nevis2012195 
Saint Lucia2023107 
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines2023100 
Suriname2023100 
Trinidad and Tobago2015208 
United States201997 
Uruguay2023123 
Venezuela2011270 
Regions
 
    
01. Americas------ 
02. Caribbean2019269 
03. Central America20200 
04. North America201996 
05. South America2019478 
* Alertamerica adopts the use of commas to indicate figures un the thousands (1,000) while points signal decimals (10.5).