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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 
Belize20201,099 
Bolivia202011,023 
Brazil2019229,823 
Canada202013,041 
Chile202114,557 
Colombia202023,201 
Costa Rica20203,172 
Dominica2020203 
Dominican Republic202115,770 
Ecuador202015,040 
El Salvador201910,387 
Grenada2020185 
Guatemala202012,763 
Guyana2020755 
Haiti20137,190 
Honduras202110,069 
Jamaica2021939 
Mexico202086,302 
Nicaragua20193,802 
Panama20217,499 
Paraguay20209,862 
Peru202029,254 
Saint Kitts and Nevis2020104 
Saint Lucia2020358 
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines2020409 
Suriname2020244 
Trinidad and Tobago20202,304 
United States2020399,700 
Uruguay20211,759 
Venezuela201231,852 
Regions
 
    
01. Americas2012947,554 
02. Caribbean20205,735 
03. Central America201237,608 
04. North America2012558,681 
05. South America2012329,689 
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