Sri Lanka

Capital city —

Country population
22,037,000
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2023
/ World Bank
Type of government
Presidential Republic
Human Development Index
0.78
(78/193)
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2022
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
3.43
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2019
/ UNODC, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice and Law Reforms
Total number of incarcerated people
29,800
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03/06/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
137
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06/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
215.6 %
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08/2023
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
60
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2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, in 2017
Number and percentage of incarcerated w…
4.4 %
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03/06/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of incarcerated c…
0.1 %
i
15/10/2013
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of people awaitin…
66.3 %
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03/06/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
The death penalty is abolished
no
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PdM

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Special populations

Women

Number and percentage of incarcerated women

4.4 % (1,319)

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03/06/2024

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Children

Number and percentage of incarcerated children

0.1 %

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15/10/2013

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

People awaiting trial

Number and percentage of people awaiting trial in prison

66.3 % (19,765)

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03/06/2024

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

People sentenced to death

The death penalty is abolished

no

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