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	Table  087  (Soc., Pri., Unconvict)
	Unconvicted Persons (Religion) (Gender) (1995 - 2003)
	Pri087e							(Number)
Year              Religion, 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
Buddhists	43,912	45,285	44,946	46,288	47,969	41,873	40,630	45,009	50,749
Hindus	11,832	11,425	12,617	14,970	14,355	13,889	16,200	16,753	19,168
Christians	8,259	5,712	5,442	6,163	5,994	6,318	6,697	9,022	6,622
Roman Catholic	7,938	5,168	4,470	5,301	5,041	­	­	­	­
Other Christians	321	544	972	862	953	­	­	­	­
Islam	7,047	8,782	8,154	9,270	8,755	7,823	9,564	10,918	11,568
Others	69	110	191	239	301	707	395	485	428
Male	­	­	­	­	71,396	65,572	69,448	77,886	83,747
Buddhists	­	­	­	­	44,379	38,159	37,869	42,694	47,928
Hindus	­	­	­	­	13,503	13,283	15,669	15,861	18,346
Christians	­	­	­	­	4,821	5,968	6,264	8,551	6,032
Islam	­	­	­	­	8,408	7,514	9,272	10,310	11,020
Others	­	­	­	­	285	648	374	470	421
Female	­	­	­	­	5,978	5,038	4,038	4,301	4,788
Buddhists	­	­	­	­	3,590	3,714	2,761	2,315	2,821
Hindus	­	­	­	­	852	606	531	892	822
Christians	­	­	­	­	1,173	350	433	471	590
Islam	­	­	­	­	347	309	292	608	548
Others	­	­	­	­	16	59	21	15	7
© ２００８， KRI (Kusaka Research Institute)
Source:
Prisons Statistics 2000, Department of Prisons
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