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5. Prisons
5.3.2.1 Number of persons held in Prisons, Penal Institutions or Correctional Institutions, UNSENTENCED, for LESS than 12 months, of which: LESS than 6 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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Antigua and Barbuda------ 
Argentina202321,059 
Bahamas------ 
Barbados202334 
Belize2022209 
Bolivia20235,937 
Brazil20176,115 
Canada202235,068 
Chile202312,078 
Colombia20234,397 
Costa Rica20231,612 
Dominica2023163 
Dominican Republic2023456 
Ecuador------ 
El Salvador2019436 
Grenada------ 
Guatemala20232,017 
Guyana2023546 
Haiti------ 
Honduras------ 
Jamaica------ 
Mexico202328,929 
Nicaragua20192,402 
Panama------ 
Paraguay------ 
Peru20237,960 
Saint Kitts and Nevis202332 
Saint Lucia202324 
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines2023165 
Suriname202339 
Trinidad and Tobago------ 
United States------ 
Uruguay------ 
Venezuela------ 
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02. Caribbean------ 
03. Central America------ 
04. North America------ 
05. South America------ 
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