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UNODC: pretrial detention and prison accountability

Official series on pretrial detention, prolonged detention, capacity, people imprisoned for bribery, custodial mortality, and non-custodial supervision across all 14 countries.

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UNODC: unsentenced share of people held, latest reported year

Official percentage of people held without a sentence in the latest reported year. Definitions, reference dates, and institutional coverage vary; missing data do not mean zero.

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Paraguay has the highest value, 63.91; followed by Dominican Republic (62) and Bolivia (58.71).

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Indicator	Indicator group	Period	Year	Month	Record identifier	Frequency	Indicator key
Número de personas privadas de libertad	población penitenciaria	2003	2003	Not applicable (annual)	unodc-prisiones-rendicion-cuentas\|bolivia\|2003\|unodc_persons_held_count\|Total\|Total	annual	unodc_persons_held_count
Número de personas privadas de libertad	población penitenciaria	2003	2003	Not applicable (annual)	unodc-prisiones-rendicion-cuentas\|colombia\|2003\|unodc_persons_held_count\|Total\|Total	annual	unodc_persons_held_count
Número de personas privadas de libertad	población penitenciaria	2003	2003	Not applicable (annual)	unodc-prisiones-rendicion-cuentas\|dominican_republic\|2003\|unodc_persons_held_count\|Total\|Total	annual	unodc_persons_held_count
Número de personas privadas de libertad	población penitenciaria	2003	2003	Not applicable (annual)	unodc-prisiones-rendicion-cuentas\|ecuador\|2003\|unodc_persons_held_count\|Total\|Total	annual	unodc_persons_held_count
Número de personas privadas de libertad	población penitenciaria	2003	2003	Not applicable (annual)	unodc-prisiones-rendicion-cuentas\|guatemala\|2003\|unodc_persons_held_count\|Total\|Total	annual	unodc_persons_held_count
Número de personas privadas de libertad	población penitenciaria	2003	2003	Not applicable (annual)	unodc-prisiones-rendicion-cuentas\|mexico\|2003\|unodc_persons_held_count\|Total\|Total	annual	unodc_persons_held_count
Número de personas privadas de libertad	población penitenciaria	2003	2003	Not applicable (annual)	unodc-prisiones-rendicion-cuentas\|peru\|2003\|unodc_persons_held_count\|Total\|Total	annual	unodc_persons_held_count
Número de personas privadas de libertad	población penitenciaria	2003	2003	Not applicable (annual)	unodc-prisiones-rendicion-cuentas\|uruguay\|2003\|unodc_persons_held_count\|Total\|Total	annual	unodc_persons_held_count
Número de personas privadas de libertad sin sentencia	prisión preventiva	2003	2003	Not applicable (annual)	unodc-prisiones-rendicion-cuentas\|colombia\|2003\|unodc_persons_held_unsentenced_count\|Total\|Total	annual	unodc_persons_held_unsentenced_count
Número de personas privadas de libertad sin sentencia	prisión preventiva	2003	2003	Not applicable (annual)	unodc-prisiones-rendicion-cuentas\|ecuador\|2003\|unodc_persons_held_unsentenced_count\|Total\|Total	annual	unodc_persons_held_unsentenced_count
Número de personas privadas de libertad sin sentencia	prisión preventiva	2003	2003	Not applicable (annual)	unodc-prisiones-rendicion-cuentas\|mexico\|2003\|unodc_persons_held_unsentenced_count\|Total\|Total	annual	unodc_persons_held_unsentenced_count
Número de personas privadas de libertad sin sentencia	prisión preventiva	2003	2003	Not applicable (annual)	unodc-prisiones-rendicion-cuentas\|peru\|2003\|unodc_persons_held_unsentenced_count\|Total\|Total	annual	unodc_persons_held_unsentenced_count
Número de personas privadas de libertad sin sentencia	prisión preventiva	2003	2003	Not applicable (annual)	unodc-prisiones-rendicion-cuentas\|uruguay\|2003\|unodc_persons_held_unsentenced_count\|Total\|Total	annual	unodc_persons_held_unsentenced_count
Número de personas privadas de libertad con sentencia	población penitenciaria	2003	2003	Not applicable (annual)	unodc-prisiones-rendicion-cuentas\|colombia\|2003\|unodc_persons_held_sentenced_count\|Total\|Total	annual	unodc_persons_held_sentenced_count
Número de personas privadas de libertad con sentencia	población penitenciaria	2003	2003	Not applicable (annual)	unodc-prisiones-rendicion-cuentas\|ecuador\|2003\|unodc_persons_held_sentenced_count\|Total\|Total	annual	unodc_persons_held_sentenced_count
Número de personas privadas de libertad con sentencia	población penitenciaria	2003	2003	Not applicable (annual)	unodc-prisiones-rendicion-cuentas\|mexico\|2003\|unodc_persons_held_sentenced_count\|Total\|Total	annual	unodc_persons_held_sentenced_count
Número de personas privadas de libertad con sentencia	población penitenciaria	2003	2003	Not applicable (annual)	unodc-prisiones-rendicion-cuentas\|peru\|2003\|unodc_persons_held_sentenced_count\|Total\|Total	annual	unodc_persons_held_sentenced_count
Número de personas privadas de libertad con sentencia	población penitenciaria	2003	2003	Not applicable (annual)	unodc-prisiones-rendicion-cuentas\|uruguay\|2003\|unodc_persons_held_sentenced_count\|Total\|Total	annual	unodc_persons_held_sentenced_count
Porcentaje de personas privadas de libertad sin sentencia	prisión preventiva	2003	2003	Not applicable (annual)	unodc-prisiones-rendicion-cuentas\|colombia\|2003\|unodc_unsentenced_share_pct\|Total\|Total	annual	unodc_unsentenced_share_pct
Porcentaje de personas privadas de libertad sin sentencia	prisión preventiva	2003	2003	Not applicable (annual)	unodc-prisiones-rendicion-cuentas\|ecuador\|2003\|unodc_unsentenced_share_pct\|Total\|Total	annual	unodc_unsentenced_share_pct
Porcentaje de personas privadas de libertad sin sentencia	prisión preventiva	2003	2003	Not applicable (annual)	unodc-prisiones-rendicion-cuentas\|mexico\|2003\|unodc_unsentenced_share_pct\|Total\|Total	annual	unodc_unsentenced_share_pct
Porcentaje de personas privadas de libertad sin sentencia	prisión preventiva	2003	2003	Not applicable (annual)	unodc-prisiones-rendicion-cuentas\|peru\|2003\|unodc_unsentenced_share_pct\|Total\|Total	annual	unodc_unsentenced_share_pct
Porcentaje de personas privadas de libertad sin sentencia	prisión preventiva	2003	2003	Not applicable (annual)	unodc-prisiones-rendicion-cuentas\|uruguay\|2003\|unodc_unsentenced_share_pct\|Total\|Total	annual	unodc_unsentenced_share_pct
Tasa de personas privadas de libertad	población penitenciaria	2003	2003	Not applicable (annual)	unodc-prisiones-rendicion-cuentas\|bolivia\|2003\|unodc_persons_held_rate_100k\|Total\|Total	annual	unodc_persons_held_rate_100k
Tasa de personas privadas de libertad	población penitenciaria	2003	2003	Not applicable (annual)	unodc-prisiones-rendicion-cuentas\|colombia\|2003\|unodc_persons_held_rate_100k\|Total\|Total	annual	unodc_persons_held_rate_100k

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Schema

Field	Type	Description
Country`country`	Text
Dataset`dataset_id`	Text
Record identifier`record_id`	Text
Period`period`	Date
Year`year`	Integer	May be empty.
Month`month`	Integer	May be empty.
Frequency`frequency`	Text	daily \| weekly \| monthly \| quarterly \| semiannual \| annual \| biennial \| edition
Indicator key`indicator_key`	Text
Indicator`indicator_name`	Text
Indicator group`indicator_group`	Text	May be empty.
Indicator direction`indicator_direction`	Text	higher_is_better \| higher_is_worse where the source direction has been explicitly reviewed.
Geography`geography_name`	Text	May be empty.
Geography level`geography_level`	Text	May be empty.
Sex`sex`	Text	Source-published sex dimension where available; Total is the aggregate.
Age`age`	Text	Source-published age dimension where available; Total is the aggregate.
Source-estimated`source_estimated`	Boolean	True when the source publishes a modeled or fractional disaggregation rather than a direct integer count.
Published rank`source_rank`	Integer	Source-published rank retained for context, not promoted as a trend measure.
Source edition`source_edition`	Text	Edition identifier published by the source.
Source action area`source_action_area`	Text	Source-published thematic or action area.
Source indicator identifier`source_indicator_id`	Text	Stable indicator identifier published by the source.
Publisher`publisher`	Text
Value`value`	Number	Published value after applying `unit_scale` (e.g. millions → units).
Unit`unit`	Text	Currency code, "index", "percent", "ratio" or a physical unit.
Published scale`unit_scale`	Text	Scale the source published in: units \| thousands \| millions \| billions.
Published value before conversion`source_value_text`	Text	Published numeric value before applying unit scale.
Published unit`source_unit`	Text	Original unit label, including index bases and currency scale.
Source link`source_url`	Text	May be empty.
Geography code`geography_code`	Text	May be empty.
Category`category`	Text	May be empty.
Breakdown code`category_key`	Text	Stable source dimension/category identities, separate from display labels.
Published dimensions`source_dimensions`	Text	Published dimension names and category labels, retained together for provenance.
Project identifier`project_id`	Text	May be empty.
Project`project_name`	Text	May be empty.
Agreement number`agreement_id`	Text	May be empty.
Published owner`owner_name`	Text	May be empty.
Status`status`	Text	May be empty.
Status detail`substatus`	Text	May be empty.
District`district`	Text	May be empty.
Locality`locality`	Text	May be empty.
Addressed hazard`hazard`	Text	May be empty.
Record cutoff date`source_cutoff`	Date	May be empty.
Snapshot date`snapshot_date`	Date	May be empty.
Record period basis`period_basis`	Text	Reporting month, fiscal year, row cutoff or publication date; these are different time concepts.
Start date`start_date`	Date	May be empty.
End date`end_date`	Date	May be empty.
Planned end date`planned_end_date`	Date	May be empty.
Published event date`source_event_date`	Date	May be empty.
Department`department`	Text	May be empty.
Province`province`	Text	May be empty.
Facility`facility_name`	Text	May be empty.
Facility ID`facility_id`	Text	May be empty.
Company`company_name`	Text	May be empty.
Company identifier`company_identifier`	Text	May be empty.
Economic activity`activity`	Text	May be empty.
Reported standard`regulatory_basis`	Text	May be empty.
Published period`source_period_label`	Text	May be empty.
Facility role`waste_role`	Text	May be empty.
Declared or estimated`waste_data_type`	Text	May be empty.
Waste treatment`waste_treatment`	Text	May be empty.
Destination facility`destination_facility`	Text	May be empty.
Destination company`destination_company`	Text	May be empty.
Destination municipality`destination_municipality`	Text	May be empty.
Estimated population (not additive)`reported_population`	Integer	Published stock denominator, repeated by week; never sum as population.
Alternative source estimate (not additive)`source_estimate_value`	Number	Alternative source estimate; do not add to the validated main measure.
Published record data and context`source_context`	Text	Original published environmental or statistical attributes.
Preliminary`preliminary`	Boolean	May be empty.
Source file`source_file`	Text

Traceability

Datasetunodc-prisiones-rendicion-cuentas

CountryRegional

Backends3_catalog

TopicMacro indicators

ExperienceCharts and records

Data through2024

NormalizedOct 6, 2026

Rows3,119

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Comparison limits

Each row is one period of one indicator; filter to a single indicator_key before charting, and read `unit` — indexes and percentages must not be summed.

The Oct 8, 2026 refresh was held: it did not pass the quality checks. Showing the data approved on Oct 6, 2026.

Notices

These are administrative prison statistics, not direct measures of prison conditions or justice quality. Country definitions, coverage and reporting practices differ; rates, counts and the unsentenced share are separate measures and must never be summed. Only total-sex and total-age rows are published because source disaggregations contain conflicting or impossible percentage cells. Missing is not zero. Custodial deaths require national metadata and population denominators before comparison.