MALE’, Maldives — South Asia’s prisons are buckling under the weight of overcrowding, stalled justice, and stark disparities in punishment, according to 2024 data from Prison Insider’s comparison tool. From Sri Lanka’s teeming cells to India’s sprawling jail network, the region’s incarceration systems reveal a troubling tableau. The Maldives, a tropical haven often synonymous with luxury, stands apart with the highest incarceration rate, estimated at 314 per 100,000 inhabitants, while India shoulders the heaviest total prison population, 573,220, with an incarceration rate of 41 per 100,000. Overcrowding is a grim constant. Sri Lanka’s 60 facilities, managed by the Ministry of … Continue reading Prison Crisis Grips South Asia, Maldives Tops Incarceration Rates