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Administration Report of the Commissioner General of Prisons for the Year 1994

NCJ Number
176680
Author(s)
K W E Karalliyadda
Date Published
1996
Length
59 pages
Annotation
This is a summary of 1994 activities by corrections organizations in Sri Lanka.
Abstract
The report includes a general review of corrections activities, and presents data in 10 chapters (with selected sub-sections): (1) Prison Department (staff appointments, retirements and punishments, staff welfare and recreation, expenditures); (2) Prisoners (daily average strength, awaiting execution, recidivists, women prisoners, young offenders); (3) Sentence (length, imprisonment in default of payment of fines); (4) Premature Release (remission, special amnesty, work release, home leave); (5) Special Penal Institutions (open prison camps, work camps, training schools); (6) Institutional Treatment of Offenders (industrial, agricultural and vocational training, adult education, recreational activities); (7) Health of Inmates; (8) Security and Discipline Among Inmates; (9) Accommodation; and (10) After Care and Associated Organizations. Tables, appendixes