10th Parliament· 154 sittings on record · 30,475 speeches · latest 10 June 2026

The Hon. Rohitha Abeygunawardhana

New Democratic Front· Kalutara· 20 February 2025 ·Oral question: Oral Question: Prison Officer Staffing and Overcrowding (Q.2/2025)

Justice & Human Rights
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Rohitha Abeygunawardhana asked the Minister of Justice and National Integration to provide prison-by-prison details on staffing levels, infrastructure deficiencies, and measures taken to improve facilities. He also sought information on rehabilitation centres for imprisoned persons, including the number of centres, the number of persons undergoing rehabilitation in each, and the rehabilitation methods used.

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¶ 01 To ask the Minister of Justice and National Integration:

¶ 02 (a) Will he inform this House— (i) the number of officers serving in each prison in Sri Lanka, separately; (ii) the current deficiencies in infrastructure facilities of those prisons; and (iii) the steps taken to develop those infrastructure facilities?

¶ 03 (b) Will he also inform this House— (i) the number of rehabilitation centres established for imprisoned persons; (ii) the current number of persons being rehabilitated in each such centre, separately; and (iii) the methods followed in rehabilitating them?

¶ 04 (c) If not, why?

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Hansard, Thursday, 20 February 2025 ·No. 1740657427093848 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Rohitha Abeygunawardhana. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 20 February 2025. No. 1740657427093848. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/16372