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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 
Argentina202243,191 
Bahamas2022337 
Barbados2022415 
Belize2022436 
Bolivia202216,430 
Brazil2019229,823 
Canada202216,529 
Chile202216,332 
Colombia202223,930 
Costa Rica20223,136 
Dominica2022216 
Dominican Republic202115,770 
Ecuador202212,779 
El Salvador201910,387 
Grenada2022258 
Guatemala20228,351 
Guyana2021903 
Haiti20137,190 
Honduras20229,891 
Jamaica20221,019 
Mexico202288,172 
Nicaragua20193,802 
Panama20228,166 
Paraguay202110,821 
Peru202234,071 
Saint Kitts and Nevis2022152 
Saint Lucia2022340 
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines2022351 
Suriname2022388 
Trinidad and Tobago20202,304 
United States2022486,600 
Uruguay20221,252 
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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