State Minister Jayaratne locks in argument on prisoner costs
As of today, the total number of inmates in prisons are 28,468. […] the number of drug-related offenders has increased rapidly. As per today 50.3% of the total inmates are people who were imprisoned for drug related offences. In some prisons about 65% are detained due to drug related offences [….] During this period, that is the last half of 2021 and the year 2022, just for the twenty-eight thousand inmates the Government incurred a cost of Rs. 3.9 billion on just their food. [….] the overall maintenance of the prison system is nearly 10 billion.
Asian Mirror | August 10, 2023
Posted on: 21 September, 2023
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Udaya Gammanpila: right on imprisonment, not quite right on costs
Today, most people in prisons are those imprisoned for being unable to pay fines...
Lankadeepa | April 2, 2019
Posted on: 1 July, 2019
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Minister Thalatha Athukorale: wrong on prison population, right on prison sentences
There are close to 22,000 inmates in prisons.
Dinamina | April 10, 2019
Posted on: 23 May, 2019
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