aforesaid punishment is not implemented. Information contained in Prison Statistics of Sri Lanka Volume 30 – Year 2011 is given below. Note No. 09. Decreeing Capital Punishment in Sri Lanka Source : Prison Statistics of Sri Lanka Volume 30- Year 2011. This table provides information in regard to decreeing of capital punishment in each year from the year 2000 and as per the aforesaid information capital punishment has been decreed to at least 67 persons in the year 2001. Capital punishment has been decreed to 165 persons in the year 2006. The number of persons in prisons who get accumulated in this manner seem to be there until they face a natural death. Information of the persons in this group in regard to whom capital punishment has been lifted and converted in to another punishment is not available in this table. This situation creates a number of problems. The huge number of persons who get accumulated in prisons due to the non-implementation of capital punishment should be provided with special security. Prisons have to utilize the work force allocated for some other duties for this purpose. The reason is that in a situation in which capital punishment has not been abolished the Department of Prisons will have to prepare these persons to suit the required circumstances in which capital 15