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5. Prisons
5.1.2 Adults held in Prisons, Penal Institutions or Correctional Institutions
"ADULTS HELD IN PRISONS" means the total number of 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: Data are provided by Member States through the United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (UN-CTS).]

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Countries
 
    
Antigua and Barbuda2022232 
Argentina2023111,967 
Bahamas20221,312 
Barbados2023673 
Belize20221,183 
Bolivia202328,838 
Brazil2022643,137 
Canada202234,775 
Chile202351,969 
Colombia2023101,622 
Costa Rica202315,769 
Dominica2023404 
Dominican Republic202325,436 
Ecuador202330,804 
El Salvador201938,115 
Grenada2023378 
Guatemala202323,206 
Guyana20232,283 
Haiti20139,904 
Honduras202219,458 
Jamaica20233,547 
Mexico2023232,003 
Nicaragua201917,723 
Panama202323,423 
Paraguay202317,675 
Peru202394,759 
Saint Kitts and Nevis2022251 
Saint Lucia2023580 
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines2023489 
Suriname20231,059 
Trinidad and Tobago20213,633 
United States20221,805,800 
Uruguay202315,414 
Venezuela201248,262 
Regions
 
    
01. Americas20123,637,066 
02. Caribbean20239,418 
03. Central America2019163,728 
04. North America20222,065,341 
05. South America20231,096,056 
* Alertamerica adopts the use of commas to indicate figures un the thousands (1,000) while points signal decimals (10.5).