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Sri Lanka: alarm over prison overcrowding and corruption
The emergency has been caused by a lack of adequate facilities and the extensive use of preventive detention pending trial. There are at least 40,000 people in prison on the island in facilities with a total capacity of only 10,500 places.
Source: Asia News (16/02/2026)