Table 027 (Soc., Pri., Reason)

Imprisonment for Default of Payment of Fines (1990-1999)

Pri027e

Year

Total Admissions of Convicted Prisoners

Persons Imprisoned for Default of Payment of Fines

Percentage of Total Admissions

1990

14,128

11,504

81.4

1991

19,019

15,936

83.8

1992

18,251

14,528

79.6

1993

18,644

15,263

81.9

1994

16,241

12,905

79.5

1995

15,839

12,686

80.1

1996

17,769

13,953

78.5

1997

18,143

14,331

79.0

1998

20,807

16,582

79.7

1999

22,466

17,282

76.9

Source:

Prisons Statistics 2000, Department of Prisons

Revised: 2004(y)/06(m)/12(d)

Chief Editor:

Dr. Milton Rajaratne (B.Com., M.Sc., Ph.D.)

The former Head, Department of Management Studies

University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka