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4.1 Criminal Justice System Process | ICCS Crimes Levels 02 & 03
4.1.5.3 Persons held for: Drug possession (ICCS 06011)
All persons held in Prisons, Penal Institutions or Correctional Institutions for Drug possession on a specified day, and should exclude non-criminal prisoners held for administrative purposes, for example, persons held pending investigation into their immigration status or foreign citizens without a legal right to stay.

[Source: Data are provided by Member States through the United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (UN-CTS).]

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Antigua and Barbuda20220 
Argentina20221,192 
Bahamas202270 
Barbados202246 
Belize202217 
Bolivia2022647 
Brazil------ 
Canada------ 
Chile202287 
Colombia------ 
Costa Rica2022261 
Dominica202220 
Dominican Republic2021573 
Ecuador20228,666 
El Salvador202233 
Grenada202217 
Guatemala2022269 
Guyana202228 
Haiti------ 
Honduras2022422 
Jamaica------ 
Mexico20227,765 
Nicaragua2019904 
Panama20224,794 
Paraguay------ 
Peru20165,645 
Saint Kitts and Nevis20225 
Saint Lucia202210 
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines2022160 
Suriname202284 
Trinidad and Tobago------ 
United States202033,700 
Uruguay------ 
Venezuela------ 
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02. Caribbean------ 
03. Central America------ 
04. North America------ 
05. South America------ 
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