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Sri Lanka

Capital city —

  • Country population

    21,803,000
    i
    2019
    / World Bank
  • Type of government

    Presidential Republic
  • Human Development Index

    0.782

    (72/188)

    i
    2019
    / UNDP, Human Development Report
  • Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

    2.4
    i
    2018
    / UNDP, Human Development Report
  • Name of authority in charge of the pris…

    Ministry of Justice and Law Reforms
  • Total number of prisoners

    28,915
    i
    12/2020
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…

    135
    i
    12/2020
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Prison density

    191 %
    i
    10/2013
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Total number of prison facilities

    60
    i
    2018
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • An NPM has been established

    yes, in 2017
  • Number and percentage of female prisone…

    4.9 %
    i
    2018
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Incarcerated minors

    0.1 %
    i
    10/2013
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Untried prisoners

    58.9 %
    i
    2019
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Death penalty is abolished

    no, but abolitionist in practice
    i
    PdM
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