1. BALAY and H.R.COMMISSION Royal Traders Hotel -Manila
EU –OPCAT PROJECT
Workshop on establishing a National Preventive Mechanism for the Freedom from Torture in Philippine
Organized by
BALAY and H.R.COMMISSION
23-24 September 2008
Royal Traders Hotel -Manila

2. Presenter-Mr.W.A.L.Weerasinghe (Retired Prison Commissioner)
“Sri Lanka Prison System and Treatment of Individual Deprived of their Liberty”
Presenter-Mr.W.A.L.Weerasinghe
(Retired Prison Commissioner)

3. Socialist Democratic Republic of Sri Lanka

4. Socialist Democratic Republic of Sri Lanka
Location South Asia
Head of the State - Executive president elected by people
Total Population Million
Per capital income
Poverty Line

5. Criminal justice system
Crime controlling –Responsibility of the government
Mechanism
Criminal Justice
System

6. Sri Lanka Prison Department

7. The Mission Custody Care Correction CCC
Establishment Prison Ordinance of 1864
Prison is the sole custodial punitive authority
The Mission
Custody
Care
Correction
CCC

8. Head of the department- Commissioner General of Prison
Stationed – Colombo
Administrative set up
Decentralized
Regimental –Majority uniformed

9. No. of institutions 03 - Closed prisons (Major) 18 - Remand prison
02 - Open prison camps
08 - Open work camps
02 - Corrective centers for young offenders
01 - Training school for juvenile
25 - Remand lockups
01 - Training center for officers

10. Prison Statistics –year 2006
Convicted
Unconvinced
Total
Annual
Admission
28732
89190
117922
Female
977
5744
6291
Daily
Average
11243
11624
22867
Official staff strength
4500

11. Main Features of the Prison Population
Majority are ,
Male
Poor
Uneducated
Unskilled
Victims of addiction

12. Admitted convicted prisoners year 2006
Were sentenced under the
Dangerous drug control act
36.1%
28732
22.7%
Under the exercise offence

13. Penalty is to pay an amount Of money and unable to pay &sentenced
Fine falters
Penalty is to pay an amount
Of money and unable to pay &sentenced
to imprisonment
28732
51.2%

14. More than 5 years imprisonment
64%
64% were under 6 months of
imprisonment
28732
2.9%
More than 5 years imprisonment

15. Welfare Rehabilitation and reform Programs
Basic human need
General welfare
Human development and reform

16. Activities Educational Training Spiritual development
Personality development
Community service
Premature release
After care

17. THANK YOU &
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