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4.6 Criminal Justice System Process - ICCS Crimes Level 1
4.6.6.6 Persons held for: Acts involving controlled psychoactive substances or other drugs (ICCS 06)
Total number of persons held in Prisons, Penal Institutions or Correctional Institutions for “acts involving controlled psychoactive substances or other drugs”. “Persons held” means persons held 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. “Acts involving controlled psychoactive substances or other drugs” are the criminal offences defined in Section 06 of the ICCS, UNODC, 2015, p.63-67. They include: Unlawful acts involving controlled drugs or precursors (0601), which includes unlawful possession, purchase, use, cultivation or production of controlled drugs for personal consumption (06011), and unlawful trafficking, cultivation or production of controlled drugs or precursors not for personal consumption (06012); Unlawful acts involving alcohol, tobacco or other controlled substances (0602); Other acts involving controlled drugs or other psychoactive substances (0609), and other subcategories as also listed in the ICCS Controlled drugs are narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances scheduled as such under the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, as amended, and the 1971 Convention on Psychotropic Substances. [Source: Data are provided through the UN-CTS.]

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Antigua and Barbuda------ 
Argentina202313,703 
Bahamas202119 
Barbados202354 
Belize2016292 
Bolivia------ 
Brazil------ 
Canada------ 
Chile202314,305 
Colombia202319,051 
Costa Rica20233,269 
Dominica20190 
Dominican Republic20213,956 
Ecuador------ 
El Salvador201945 
Grenada20210 
Guatemala2023987 
Guyana20230 
Haiti------ 
Honduras20172,426 
Jamaica------ 
Mexico202324,096 
Nicaragua------ 
Panama------ 
Paraguay------ 
Peru------ 
Saint Kitts and Nevis------ 
Saint Lucia202321 
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines202334 
Suriname20234 
Trinidad and Tobago------ 
United States2020198,100 
Uruguay------ 
Venezuela------ 
Regions
 
    
01. Americas------ 
02. Caribbean------ 
03. Central America------ 
04. North America------ 
05. South America------ 
* Alertamerica adopts the use of commas to indicate figures un the thousands (1,000) while points signal decimals (10.5).