| dc.contributor.author | FactCheck | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-29T13:42:37Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-29T13:42:37Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 9/21/2023 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://archive.veriteresearch.org/handle/456/6211 | |
| dc.description | This submission includes English, Sinhala, and Tamil versions of the fact check. | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | TRUE: 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.
Anuradha Jayaratne, Asian Mirror, 10 August 2023 | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | www.factcheck.lk | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | FactCheck.lk;P0081 | |
| dc.subject | Anuradha Jayaratne | en_US |
| dc.subject | Prison population | en_US |
| dc.subject | Prison Population - Prisoner costs | en_US |
| dc.subject | Prison population - Drug Crimes | en_US |
| dc.title | Anuradha Jayaratne: Prison population | en_US |
| dc.title.alternative | 20230920_FC_P0081_AnuradhaJayaratne_Drug Crimes | en_US |
| dc.type | Other | en_US |
| dc.project.code | MFC02 | en_US |
