International Centre for Prison Studies
| Country | SRI LANKA | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Ministry responsible | Ministry of Justice and Law Reforms | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Prison administration | Department of Prisons | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Contact address | 150 Baseline Road, Colombo-9, Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Telephone/fax/website | tel: +94 11 269 5211
or 11 267 6966 fax: +94 11 269 5206 or 11 267 5744 Web: www.prisons.gov.lk |
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| Head of prison administration
(and title)
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P.W. Kodippili
Commissioner General of Prisons
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| Prison population total
(including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners)
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21,216
at 31.12.2011 (national prison administration)
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| Prison population rate
(per 100,000 of national population)
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100
based on an estimated national population of 21.15 million at end of
2011 (from United Nations figures)
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| Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners
(percentage of prison population)
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52.8%
(mid-2011)
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| Female prisoners
(percentage of prison population)
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5.0%
(mid-2011)
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| Juveniles / minors / young prisoners
incl. definition (percentage of prison population)
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0.04%
(31.7.2007 - under 18)
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| Foreign prisoners
(percentage of prison population)
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0.5%
(mid-2011)
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| Number of establishments /
institutions
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34
(2010 - 3 closed prisons, 19 remand prisons, 1 open prison camps, 7
work camps, 2 correctional centres for young offenders, 1 training
centre for young offenders, 1 other; not including lock-ups.)
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| Official capacity of prison system | 10,692
(2007)
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| Occupancy level (based on official
capacity)
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226.9%
(2007)
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| Recent prison population trend
(year, prison population total, prison population rate)
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