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Prison population

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Sentenced + remand

Rate per 100,000

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Per 100,000 residents

Occupancy

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At or under capacity

Pre-trial / remand

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Share not yet sentenced

Female prisoners

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Foreign nationals

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Figures from official sources · methodology

Conditions risk — across 18 facilities

Average of our computed Conditions Risk Score across the country's facilities. Methodology · Browse highest-risk

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national average
18 unknown
retentionist on capital punishment. Last known execution: 1976.Methods: hangingICCPR-OP2 (death-penalty abolition protocol): not a signatory

Seeded from Amnesty International 2024 categorisation + Cornell Center on the Death Penalty Worldwide.

Source: Amnesty International + Cornell Death Penalty Worldwide.
2 documented human-rights cases →

Prison population over time

Annual figures, latest survey year
2003: 27,681+5.6% over 21y2024: 29,226

Source: unodc

Prisons in Sri Lanka

Browse all 18 →

18 facilities in our database.

Badulla Prison

Sri Lanka

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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Batticaloa Prison

Sri Lanka

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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Bogambara Prison

Sri Lanka

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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Jaffna Prison

Sri Lanka

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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Magazine Prison (Borella)

Sri Lanka

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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Mahara Prison

Sri Lanka

Maximum

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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Matara prison

Sri Lanka · Matara

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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moragolla

Sri Lanka · welimada

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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Negombo Prison

Sri Lanka

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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Prison Complex Monaragala

Sri Lanka

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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Prison - Galle

Sri Lanka

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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Prison - Pallekele

Sri Lanka

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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Prison Quarters

Sri Lanka

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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Remand Prison Kegalle

Sri Lanka

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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Tangalle Fort

Sri Lanka

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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Walikada Prision

Sri Lanka

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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Watareka Open Prison Camp

Sri Lanka

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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Welikada Prison

Sri Lanka

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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Data completeness

10%

Score based on how many fields are populated. We surface this so you know where the gaps are.

National population
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Source-verified
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Sources

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  • See /data-sources for our methodology.
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
LKA

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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Sri Lanka — prison statistics. Retrieved October 15, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/countries/sri-lanka
Chicago
"Sri Lanka — prison statistics." World Prisons. Accessed October 15, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/countries/sri-lanka.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-sri-lanka,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Sri Lanka — prison statistics},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/countries/sri-lanka},
  urldate = {2026-10-15}
}