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5. Prisons
5.3.2 Number of persons held in Prisons, Penal Institutions or Correctional Institutions, UNSENTENCED, for LESS than 12 months
"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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Argentina202118,382 
Bahamas20210 
Barbados2016202 
Belize2021187 
Bolivia------ 
Brazil201923,186 
Canada202133,066 
Chile202111,401 
Colombia20204,273 
Costa Rica20201,771 
Dominica2020119 
Dominican Republic20218,007 
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Grenada------ 
Guatemala20203,741 
Guyana2021295 
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Honduras------ 
Jamaica------ 
Mexico202161,126 
Nicaragua20191,193 
Panama------ 
Paraguay------ 
Peru202112,213 
Saint Kitts and Nevis------ 
Saint Lucia2021135 
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines2020335 
Suriname2021123 
Trinidad and Tobago------ 
United States------ 
Uruguay------ 
Venezuela------ 
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