" To make Sri Lanka Prison Service the best prison service in the South East Asia"

The basic aspects of the main objective of making Sri Lanka Prison Service the best prison service in the South East Asia is custody,care and rehabilitation of prisoners.

Further, the achievement of our vision is based on the facts such as the upholding of the rules and regulations of the constitution of Sri Lanka, elimination of corruption, use of new technical know-how and the re-orientation of the attitudes of officers and prisoners. The productivity and the quality of the service of this Department have to be developed by the promotion of positive attitudes and creativity. The motivation of officers is a significant factor in this exercise. The inmates of prisons could be formally rehabilitated by the officers engaged in prison duties with a healthy mental outlook,and through this process,"the prison inmate" isolated and labeled as "criminals" by the society can be absorbed into the society as a person useful to more civilized society.