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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 Barbuda202289 
Argentina202343,459 
Bahamas2022337 
Barbados2023452 
Belize2022436 
Bolivia202318,080 
Brazil2022180,383 
Canada202216,529 
Chile202319,524 
Colombia202325,469 
Costa Rica20233,438 
Dominica2023227 
Dominican Republic202314,811 
Ecuador202311,268 
El Salvador201910,387 
Grenada2023228 
Guatemala20238,892 
Guyana20231,193 
Haiti20137,190 
Honduras20229,891 
Jamaica20231,458 
Mexico202386,984 
Nicaragua20193,802 
Panama20238,289 
Paraguay202311,858 
Peru202335,040 
Saint Kitts and Nevis2022152 
Saint Lucia2023404 
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines2023288 
Suriname2023196 
Trinidad and Tobago20202,304 
United States2022486,600 
Uruguay20231,014 
Venezuela201231,852 
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01. Americas2012947,554 
02. Caribbean20234,448 
03. Central America201965,690 
04. North America2022591,474 
05. South America2023341,027 
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