The Hon. Mujibur Rahuman
Mujibur Rahuman raised concern over severe prison overcrowding, noting that facilities designed for about 10,500 inmates or suspects currently hold more than 38,500 people. He asked the Minister whether measures would be implemented soon to reduce overcrowding and ease pressure on prison facilities, including healthcare.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, my first supplementary question is this. Hon. Minister, the designed capacity of our prisons is about 10,500 for inmates or suspects, but currently there are more than 38,500 persons held. That is roughly about 1:4 relative to capacity, creating severe overcrowding which strains facilities including healthcare. Do you intend to implement measures soon to reduce this overcrowding?
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- Hansard, Wednesday, 21 January 2026 ·No. 23242 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Mujibur Rahuman. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 21 January 2026. No. 23242. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/2020