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	Table 104 (Soc., Pri., Convict)
	Population of Convicted Prisoners by Literacy and Sex
	Pri104e
Year	Sex			Literate			Percent Literate
	All Prisoners	Male	Female	All Prisoners	Male	Female	All Prisoners	Male	Female
1990	14,128	13,631	497	13,295	13,018	277	94.1	95.5	55.7
1991	19,019	18,008	1,011	17,200	16,407	793	90.4	91.1	78.4
1992	18,251	17,446	805	17,063	16,527	536	93.5	94.7	66.6
1993	18,644	17,865	779	17,323	16,862	461	92.9	94.4	59.2
1994	16,241	15,528	713	15,110	14,667	443	93.0	94.5	62.1
1995	15,893	15,370	523	14,241	13,891	350	89.6	90.4	66.9
1996	17,769	17,103	666	16,320	15,856	464	91.8	92.7	69.7
1997	18,143	17,487	656	16,722	16,192	530	92.2	92.6	80.8
1998	20,807	19,962	845	19,553	18,764	789	94.0	94.0	93.4
1999	22,466	21,665	801	20,449	19,836	613	91.0	91.5	76.5
© ２００４， 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