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5. Prisons
5.2.1.% Persons held in Prisons, Penal Institutions or Correctional Institutions, UNSENTENCED (Males and Females) (percentage)
Total number of "Persons Held Unsentenced" as a PERCENTAGE of the total number or persons held in Prisons, Penal Institutions or Correctional Institutions [Persons Held Unsentenced (%) = TNPU*100 /TNPH, where TNPU= total number of persons held unsentenced, and TNPH= total number or persons held in Prisons, Penal Institutions or Correctional Institutions.] "PERSONS HELD UNSENTENCED" refers to persons held in adult and/or juvenile Prisons, Penal institutions or Correctional institutions who are untried, pre-trial or awaiting a first instance decision on their case from a competent authority regarding their conviction or acquittal. INCLUSIONS: Persons held before and during the trial should be included. EXCLUSIONS: Sentenced persons held awaiting the outcome of an appeal in respect of verdict or sentence or who are within the statutory limits for appealing their sentence should be excluded. [Source: United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (UN-CTS).]

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Countries
 
    
Antigua and Barbuda201255 
Argentina202144 
Bahamas202163 
Barbados202147 
Belize202135 
Bolivia202064 
Brazil201930 
Canada202041 
Chile202136 
Colombia202126 
Costa Rica202020 
Dominica202058 
Dominican Republic202158 
Ecuador202138 
El Salvador201927 
Grenada202130 
Guatemala202051 
Guyana202144 
Haiti201373 
Honduras202150 
Jamaica202126 
Mexico202142 
Nicaragua201921 
Panama202138 
Paraguay202171 
Peru202137 
Saint Kitts and Nevis202170 
Saint Lucia202165 
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines202058 
Suriname202134 
Trinidad and Tobago202064 
United States202126 
Uruguay202113 
Venezuela201266 
Regions
 
    
01. Americas201226 
02. Caribbean201246 
03. Central America201240 
04. North America201222 
05. South America201237 
* Alertamerica adopts the use of commas to indicate figures un the thousands (1,000) while points signal decimals (10.5).