Sri Lanka plans to open a new prison in a disused hospital building, the justice ministry announced Wednesday after a riot killed 20 inmates and eight guards at an overcrowded jail. The deadly ...

COLOMBO, Aug 2 - Sri Lanka tightened security across its prisons on Sunday after a riot left one person dead and six injured, ‌an official said, as the nation struggles to manage its overcrowded jails ...

One prisoner was killed and 10 injured in a riot that began late on Thursday Three prisoners were killed and at least 23 others injured in two prison riots in Sri Lanka, a senior official said on ...

Some of the injured had gunshot wounds, hospital director says Military on standby to help police, drones monitoring site Minister says some weapons fell into hands of prisoners COLOMBO, July 6 ...

Colombo (AsiaNews) - There is alarm in Sri Lanka over prison overcrowding, an emergency caused mainly by a lack of adequate facilities. Added to this is the fact that many defendants spend a ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Three inmates were killed and more than 20 were injured in two separate prison clashes in Sri Lanka on Thursday and Friday, a government minister said.

Drug smuggling inside the jail was at the centre of the deadly riot at a Sri Lankan prison that left 26 people dead and over 100 injured over the past two days. Security personnel escort prisoners to ...

COLOMBO — Sri Lanka's Supreme Court overturned on Thursday a presidential pardon granted to a hardline Buddhist monk and ...