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Table  086  (Soc., Pri., Unconvict)
Unconvicted Persons (Ethnic) (Gender) (1995 - 2003)
Pri086e (Number)
                       Year        Ethnic,  Gender        1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Total 71,119 71,314 71,350 76,930 77,374 70,610 73,486 82,187 88,535
Sinhalese 50,091 48,817 48,056 50,414 52,156 45,990 44,927 49,723 53,194
Tamil 13,593 13,002 13,766 15,777 15,293 14,967 17,785 19,994 22,528
Sri Lankan 13,121 12,611 13,596 14,256 14,018 ­ ­ ­ ­
Indian 472 391 170 1,521 1,275 ­ ­ ­ ­
Moor 7,017 8,860 8,388 9,279 8,760 7,826 9,585 10,929 11,572
Sri Lankan 6,746 8,692 8,341 8,811 8,624 ­ ­ ­ ­
Indian  271 168 47 468 136 ­ ­ ­ ­
Burgher 165 286 302 337 335 433 354 595 403
Malay 82 134 334 561 343 510 439 812 350
Others 171 215 504 562 487 884 396 134 488
Male ­ ­ 66,000 70,891 71,396 65,572 69,448 77,886 83,747
Sinhalese ­ ­ 44,286 46,328 47,726 42,027 41,854 47,136 50,195
Tamil ­ ­ 12,548 14,443 14,145 14,272 17,162 18,917 21,324
Moor ­ ­ 8,066 8,712 8,413 7,520 9,291 10,320 11,020
Burgher ­ ­ 290 321 304 425 341 584 394
Malay ­ ­ 319 530 340 503 425 796 336
Others ­ ­ 491 557 468 825 375 133 478
Female ­ ­ 5,350 6,039 5,978 5,038 4,038 4,301 4,788
Sinhalese ­ ­ 3,770 4,086 4,430 3,963 3,073 2,587 2,999
Tamil ­ ­ 1,218 1,334 1,148 695 623 1,077 1,204
Moor ­ ­ 322 567 347 306 294 609 552
Burgher ­ ­ 12 16 31 8 13 11 9
Malay ­ ­ 15 31 3 7 14 16 14
Others ­ ­ 13 5 19 59 21 1 10
© ‚Q‚O‚O‚WC KRI (Kusaka Research Institute) 
Source:
 Prisons Statistics 2000,
 Department of Prisons
Revised:  2008(y)/11(m)/20(d)
Chief Editor:
Dr. Milton Rajaratne (B.Com., M.Sc., Ph.D.)
     The Head, Department of Management Studies
     University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka