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5. Prisons
5.1.2b Adults Held in Prisons, Penal Institutions or Correctional Institutions (Females)
"FEMALE ADULTS HELD IN PRISONS" means the total number of Female Adults held in Prisons, Penal Institutions or Correctional Institutions on a specified day, and should exclude non-criminal prisoners held for administrative purposes, including persons held pending investigation into their immigration status or foreign citizens without a legal right to stay.

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

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Antigua and Barbuda202112 
Argentina20213,998 
Bahamas2021138 
Barbados202132 
Belize202114 
Bolivia20201,045 
Brazil201937,197 
Canada20062,126 
Chile20213,005 
Colombia20216,672 
Costa Rica2020562 
Dominica20206 
Dominican Republic2021674 
Ecuador20212,261 
El Salvador20192,908 
Grenada202113 
Guatemala20202,856 
Guyana202157 
Haiti2013852 
Honduras20211,177 
Jamaica2021101 
Mexico202112,324 
Nicaragua2019637 
Panama20211,032 
Paraguay2021752 
Peru20214,386 
Saint Kitts and Nevis202114 
Saint Lucia202114 
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines202032 
Suriname202110 
Trinidad and Tobago2020104 
United States2021161,400 
Uruguay2021998 
Venezuela20124,343 
Regions
 
    
01. Americas2012286,223 
02. Caribbean20121,579 
03. Central America20199,561 
04. North America2012213,586 
05. South America201260,308 
* Alertamerica adopts the use of commas to indicate figures un the thousands (1,000) while points signal decimals (10.5).