US EditionSri Lanka's prison population 280% over capacity • Sri Lanka Brief
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Sri Lanka's prison population 280% over capacity • Sri Lanka Brief
A violation of fundamental rights In 2023, the average annual cost per prisoner was nearly Rs. 400,000. However, with the prison population standing at over 280% of its capacity, inadequate infrastructure and resources continue to violate the fundamental rights of incarcerated people. The prison statistics report of 2024 notes that from the estimated Rs. 11,296,430,000 recurrent expenditure for the Prisons Department, only Rs. 10,902,178,069 wa…
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