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The Department is also responsible for the transportation of prisoners within the country with the assistance of the Sri Lanka Police. Facilities. Prison Headquarters, Colombo Sri Lanka Prisons Emergency Action and Tactical Force; The Centre for Research and Training in Corrections; Maximum security prisons - 4 Angunakolapelessa Prison (est. 2017)
The Welikada Prison ( Sinhala: වැලිකඩ බන්ධනාගාරය; also known as the Magazine Prison) is a maximum-security prison and the largest prison in Sri Lanka. It was built in 1841 by the British colonial government under Governor Campbell. The prison covers an area of 48 acres (190,000 m 2 ). It is overcrowded with about ...
Bogambara Prison was a maximum security prison and the second largest prison in the country after Welikada Prison in Colombo, Sri Lanka. After operating for 138 years, the prison was closed on 1 January 2014, and the inmates were transferred to the new Dumbara prison complex in Pallekele. In 2019, the government declared the prison site would ...
The prison facilities also include onsite accommodation for 140 prison officers and their families, a hospital, fire station, 100 person cafeteria, and lecture halls. It has a three-storey indoor sport complex, with outdoor volleyball and netball courts, a 7-lane swimming pool and a sports field, with a 4,000 m (13,000 ft) track.
W. Welikada Prison. Categories: Prisons by country. Prisons in Asia by country. Government buildings in Sri Lanka. Penal system in Sri Lanka. Residential buildings in Sri Lanka.
The Ministry of Justice, Prisons Affairs and Constitutional Reforms [2] [a] is the cabinet ministry of the Government of Sri Lanka responsible for the implementation of policies, plans and programmes for the administration of the country's justice system, and thereby administers its courts and prisons. Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe is the incumbent ...
Mahara Prison is a maximum security prison, and is one of the largest prisons in Sri Lanka. Situated in the old city of Mahara in the Western Province, it was built in 1875 by the British colonial government to ease the congestion at the Slave Island prison. [1] [2] It was used to house the prisoners employed in crushing stones at the Mahara ...
Non-fatal injuries. 40 [1] The Welikada prison riot was a prison riot that occurred on 9 November 2012 at Welikada Prison in Sri Lanka. The riot broke out during a search for illegal arms. The riot left 27 people dead and 40 injured. [1] The government has appointed a committee to investigate the riot. Welikada Prison, which has around 4,000 ...