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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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Antigua and Barbuda202210 
Argentina20224,256 
Bahamas202258 
Barbados202222 
Belize202235 
Bolivia20221,586 
Brazil201937,197 
Canada20222,510 
Chile20223,322 
Colombia20226,503 
Costa Rica2022527 
Dominica20206 
Dominican Republic2021674 
Ecuador20212,261 
El Salvador20192,908 
Grenada202113 
Guatemala20222,815 
Guyana202157 
Haiti2013852 
Honduras20221,149 
Jamaica2021101 
Mexico202212,636 
Nicaragua2019637 
Panama20221,143 
Paraguay2021752 
Peru20214,386 
Saint Kitts and Nevis202114 
Saint Lucia202114 
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines202032 
Suriname202110 
Trinidad and Tobago2020104 
United States2022172,100 
Uruguay20221,034 
Venezuela20124,343 
Regions
 
    
01. Americas2012286,223 
02. Caribbean20121,579 
03. Central America20199,561 
04. North America2012213,586 
05. South America201260,308 
* Alertamerica adopts the use of commas to indicate figures un the thousands (1,000) while points signal decimals (10.5).