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5. Prisons
5.1.2a Adults Held in Prisons, Penal Institutions or Correctional Institutions (Males)
"MALE ADULTS HELD IN PRISONS" means the total number of Male 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 Barbuda2021227 
Argentina202197,095 
Bahamas20211,743 
Barbados2021718 
Belize20211,006 
Bolivia202016,260 
Brazil2019718,007 
Canada200633,308 
Chile202137,525 
Colombia202190,241 
Costa Rica202014,933 
Dominica2020344 
Dominican Republic202126,524 
Ecuador202133,087 
El Salvador201935,207 
Grenada2021577 
Guatemala202022,395 
Guyana20201,814 
Haiti20139,052 
Honduras202119,013 
Jamaica20213,464 
Mexico2021206,703 
Nicaragua201917,086 
Panama202118,513 
Paraguay202114,525 
Peru202182,859 
Saint Kitts and Nevis2021118 
Saint Lucia2021469 
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines2020676 
Suriname2021948 
Trinidad and Tobago20203,512 
United States20211,603,500 
Uruguay202112,837 
Venezuela201243,918 
Regions
 
    
01. Americas20123,319,820 
02. Caribbean201243,424 
03. Central America2019154,110 
04. North America20122,374,406 
05. South America2012818,141 
* Alertamerica adopts the use of commas to indicate figures un the thousands (1,000) while points signal decimals (10.5).