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Table  085  (Soc., Pri., Unconvict)
Direct Admissions of Unconvicted Prisoners According to Literacy
Pri085e
Literacy 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total
No Schooling 7,015 1,788 8,803 4,986 651 5,637 9,653 803 10,456 10,990 712 11,702 12,899 1,213 14,112
Grade 1 - 5 21,783 1,734 23,517 17,964 1,656 19,620 17,880 1,555 19,435 25,449 2,229 27,678 16,964 1,553 18,517
Passed Grade 5 16,406 906 17,312 17,819 1,284 19,103 15,669 1,099 16,768 14,517 1,656 16,173 17,763 1,433 19,196
Passed Grade 8 15,105 380 15,485 20,112 1,350 21,462 17,859 1,081 18,940 17,780 1,267 19,047 17,911 1,556 19,467
Passed GCE (O/L) 5,426 80 5,506 4,533 164 4,697 4,051 638 4,689 4,200 162 4,362 4,299 477 4,776
Passed GCE (A/L) 440 28 468 719 17 736 827 163 990 888 13 901 1,470 42 1,512
Graduate 23 2 25 52 4 56 47 11 58 59 - 59 68 4 72
Other 3 - 3 2 1 3 14 - 14 8 - 8 22 - 22
Total 66,201 4,918 71,119 66,187 5,127 71,314 66,000 5,350 71,350 73,891 6,039 79,930 71,396 6,278 77,674
© ‚Q‚O‚O‚SC KRI (Kusaka Research Institute) 
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