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5. Prisons
5.2.1 Persons held in Prisons, Penal Institutions or Correctional Institutions, UNSENTENCED (Males and Females)
"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 Barbuda2012198 
Argentina202144,687 
Bahamas20211,189 
Barbados2021351 
Belize2021355 
Bolivia202112,155 
Brazil2019229,823 
Canada202114,689 
Chile202114,557 
Colombia202125,595 
Costa Rica20203,172 
Dominica2020203 
Dominican Republic202115,770 
Ecuador202113,336 
El Salvador201910,387 
Grenada2021175 
Guatemala202012,763 
Guyana2021903 
Haiti20137,190 
Honduras202110,121 
Jamaica2021939 
Mexico202192,856 
Nicaragua20193,802 
Panama20217,273 
Paraguay202110,821 
Peru202132,405 
Saint Kitts and Nevis202193 
Saint Lucia2021316 
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines2020409 
Suriname2021321 
Trinidad and Tobago20202,304 
United States2021462,200 
Uruguay20211,759 
Venezuela201231,852 
Regions
 
    
01. Americas2012947,554 
02. Caribbean20205,735 
03. Central America201962,812 
04. North America2021569,745 
05. South America2012329,689 
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