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6. Criminal Justice System Personnel & Capacity
6.5.3b Official Capacity of Prisons, Penal Institutions or Correctional Institutions (Females of all ages)
“Official Capacity of Adult Prisons, Penal Institutions or Correctional Institutions (Females of all ages)" means the intended number of places available at Prisons, Penal institutions or Correctional institutions for Females of all ages (including Juvenile institutions) as at 31 December, for which the facility was designed either at the time of construction of the prison facility or following structural refurbishments/renovations. This excludes places/capacity used for detention of persons on the basis of immigration status.

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


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Antigua and Barbuda------ 
Argentina------ 
Bahamas2019100 
Barbados2023122 
Belize202164 
Bolivia------ 
Brazil------ 
Canada------ 
Chile20234,781 
Colombia20236,214 
Costa Rica2023828 
Dominica20216 
Dominican Republic2021759 
Ecuador20232,414 
El Salvador------ 
Grenada202114 
Guatemala202367 
Guyana20235 
Haiti------ 
Honduras2019800 
Jamaica2023177 
Mexico202318,133 
Nicaragua20191,022 
Panama2021807 
Paraguay2016401 
Peru202388 
Saint Kitts and Nevis------ 
Saint Lucia202323 
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines202310 
Suriname202334 
Trinidad and Tobago------ 
United States------ 
Uruguay2021647 
Venezuela------ 
Regions
 
    
01. Americas------ 
02. Caribbean------ 
03. Central America------ 
04. North America------ 
05. South America------ 
* Alertamerica adopts the use of commas to indicate figures un the thousands (1,000) while points signal decimals (10.5).