Browsing Media by Subject "prison statistics"

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    • Thalatha Atukorale: Prison statistics 

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      PARTLY TRUE: There are close to 22,000 inmates in prisons. Of them, a large number is serving sentences that are less than two years. - Thalatha Atukorale, Dinamina, 10 April 2019

    • Udaya Gammanpila: Prison Expenditure 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 6/27/2019)
      PARTLY TRUE: Today, most people in prisons are those imprisoned for being unable to pay fines. To maintain a prisoner, the government spends Rs. 671 per person per day. Accordingly, a person who is imprisoned for being ...