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5. Prisons
5.1.2b Adults Held in Prisons, Penal Institutions or Correctional Institutions (Females)
"FEMALE ADULTS HELD IN PRISONS" means the total number of Female Adults held in Prisons, Penal Institutions or Correctional Institutions on a specified day, and should exclude non-criminal prisoners held for administrative purposes, including persons held pending investigation into their immigration status or foreign citizens without a legal right to stay.

[Source: United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (UN-CTS).]

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Countries
 
    
Antigua and Barbuda202210 
Argentina20234,642 
Bahamas202258 
Barbados202321 
Belize202235 
Bolivia20231,968 
Brazil202227,547 
Canada20222,510 
Chile20234,025 
Colombia20236,621 
Costa Rica2023567 
Dominica20238 
Dominican Republic2023652 
Ecuador20231,703 
El Salvador20192,908 
Grenada20235 
Guatemala20232,732 
Guyana202376 
Haiti2013852 
Honduras20221,149 
Jamaica2023121 
Mexico202313,262 
Nicaragua2019637 
Panama20231,191 
Paraguay2023940 
Peru20234,890 
Saint Kitts and Nevis202210 
Saint Lucia202317 
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines202310 
Suriname202334 
Trinidad and Tobago2021212 
United States2022172,100 
Uruguay20231,166 
Venezuela20124,343 
Regions
 
    
01. Americas2012286,223 
02. Caribbean2023292 
03. Central America20199,563 
04. North America2012213,586 
05. South America202352,831 
* Alertamerica adopts the use of commas to indicate figures un the thousands (1,000) while points signal decimals (10.5).