By Rathindra Kuruwita in The Island, Dec 27, 2023In 2022, the inmates in Sri Lankan prisons numbered 22,097, marking a 15 percent increase from the 19,295 in 2021, a report on prison overcrowding by the National Audit Office states. The total prison capacity in the country was set at 11,291 inmates by the end of 2022, according to the report. However, the total count reached 26,176 individuals, comprising 16,727 suspects and 9,449 convicts. Thus, there…
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By Sandun Jayawardana in The Sunday Times, Aug 6, 2023,The Prisons Department said this week that the country’s prison population had grown rapidly since the start of 2023. While there is room for only 13,241 inmates within the prison system, there are about 19,000 suspects who are in remand custody in addition to about 10,000 prisoners. The total prison population stands at about 29,000. Overcrowding is also seen as a factor in the recent spread…