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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 Barbuda202049 
Argentina20203,568 
Bahamas202035 
Barbados202047 
Belize202099 
Bolivia20201,045 
Brazil201937,197 
Canada20062,126 
Chile20203,221 
Colombia20206,840 
Costa Rica2020562 
Dominica20206 
Dominican Republic2020741 
Ecuador20202,530 
El Salvador20192,908 
Grenada20204 
Guatemala20202,856 
Guyana202053 
Haiti2013852 
Honduras20201,180 
Jamaica2020107 
Mexico202011,620 
Nicaragua2019637 
Panama2020934 
Paraguay2020754 
Peru20204,328 
Saint Kitts and Nevis202013 
Saint Lucia202016 
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines202032 
Suriname202023 
Trinidad and Tobago2015397 
United States2020144,100 
Uruguay2020805 
Venezuela20124,343 
Regions
 
    
01. Americas2012286,223 
02. Caribbean20121,579 
03. Central America20126,626 
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).