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5. Prisons
5.1.3 Juveniles held in Prisons, Penal Institutions or Correctional Institutions
"Juveniles Held" means the total number of juveniles held in Prisons, Penal institutions, Correctional institutions or detention centers for juveniles on a specified day, and should exclude non-criminal minors held for administrative purposes, including juvenile persons held pending investigation into their immigration status or juvenile foreign citizens without a legal right to stay.
In the law a “JUVENILE” means a minor who is not old enough to be held responsible for criminal acts. “Juvenile” is a minor or person who is of certain minimum age but still under the age of legal competence. The minority is determined according to what each country’s legislation establishes; however, a majority of countries establish that a person is no longer a minor after reaching the age of 18. Therefore an individual charged with a crime who is between the minimum age established by the country’s legislation and (in most cases) 18, is considered a juvenile.


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Antigua and Barbuda20221 
Argentina2022853 
Bahamas20227 
Barbados2023108 
Belize202216 
Bolivia20230 
Brazil201323,725 
Canada2022431 
Chile20231,031 
Colombia20233,583 
Costa Rica2023194 
Dominica20232 
Dominican Republic2023512 
Ecuador2023373 
El Salvador20232,608 
Grenada20230 
Guatemala2023999 
Guyana20230 
Haiti2011266 
Honduras2011274 
Jamaica2023173 
Mexico20231,274 
Nicaragua2019183 
Panama2023508 
Paraguay2023161 
Peru20231,819 
Saint Kitts and Nevis20220 
Saint Lucia20235 
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines20231 
Suriname202327 
Trinidad and Tobago202084 
United States20222,300 
Uruguay2023330 
Venezuela2008887 
Regions
 
    
01. Americas201198,686 
02. Caribbean2023316 
03. Central America20225,294 
04. North America20224,042 
05. South America201126,825 
* Alertamerica adopts the use of commas to indicate figures un the thousands (1,000) while points signal decimals (10.5).