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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 Barbuda20202 
Argentina20211,027 
Bahamas202119 
Barbados202150 
Belize202012 
Bolivia2020589 
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Chile2021129 
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Dominica202040 
Dominican Republic2021573 
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El Salvador2019473 
Grenada202111 
Guatemala2019351 
Guyana20209 
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Honduras202121 
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Mexico20218,294 
Nicaragua2019904 
Panama------ 
Paraguay------ 
Peru20165,645 
Saint Kitts and Nevis------ 
Saint Lucia202113 
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Suriname20215 
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United States202033,700 
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