State Minister of Gem & Jewellery Related Industries and State Minister of Prison Management & Prisoners’ Rehabilitation Lohan Ratwatte said that the Welikada Prison will be shifted to Horana and Urban Development Authority has provided 250 acres of land for the purpose. He said that the land where the Welikada Prison is located is over 46 acres in extent and this prime land
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This comes against a backdrop of global protests against police violence along with calls to defund the police and address institutional racism at every level of the criminal justice system.
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COLOMBO (News 1st): The Wattala Magistrate’s Court on Thursday (Dec. 16) rejected the request to bury four inmates killed in Mahara Prison Riot that broke out on 29th November.
Thereby, the Director-General of Health Services was ordered by the Wattala Magistrate’s Court to cremate the bodies on Wednesday (16) and Thursday (17).
The autopsies on four bodies have concluded and the post-mortem examinations were conducted by a Panel of Experts appointed by the court.
The Panel of Experts today (Dec. 16) informed the Wattala Magistrates Court that according to the postmortem report, four inmates who were killed in the Mahara Prison Riot died of gunshot injuries.