Hon. Minister of Justice and National Integration, Attorney-at-Law, Mr.Harshana Nanayakkara, was on an observation tour to Welikada and Magazine Prisons in Colombo on 27.03.2025 to investigate the current situation there. Minister's special attention was also drawn to how rehabilitation and welfare activities of prison inmates work, overcrowding of inmates [......]

With the opening of a new tennis playground at the Angunakolapalassa Prison on 30.11.2024,  Inter-Prison Tennis Tournament was held very gracefully under the patronage of the  Commissioner General of Prisons.  Accordingly, the tournament was held as a day and night tournament and organizing activities was carried out under the [......]

Hon. State Minister of Justice and Prison Affairs, Attorney at Law, Mr.Anuradha Jayarathna, with the participation of the Commissioner General of Prisons, Mr.Thushara Upuldeniya declared open on 03.02.2024 a modern bakery training school, with the financial assistance of the United Nations Office on Drug and Crime (UNODC), to improve [......]

The Commissioner General of Prisons unveiled the pinnacle of stupa and burial of relics in stupa constructed at the Open Prison Camp-Watareka at the auspicious moment of Uduwap Full Moon Poya Day on 26.12.2023 at 10.11 a.m. with blessings of community of monks. By carrying out this charitable work, [......]

Rehabilitation and social reintegration of inmates as better citizens is a very specific objective of the Department of Prisons. Therefore, department makes every effort to accomplish this objective from diverse dimensions. “Lalitha Sirasara” Concert-11  that identified inborn abilities of inmates and officers on duty and brushed up their skills [......]

Commemoration of the 118th Sri Lanka Prison Day for the commencement of the Department of Prisons  as a independent department on 16 July 1905 and memorial service to remember 15 fallen Prison Officers  who sacrificed their lives while on active duty, took place under the patronage of the Commissioner [......]

With the aim of uplifting education level and promoting use of books among inmates detained at the Weeravila Drug Treatment and Rehabilitation Center, a new library and counseling center were opened on 10.06.2023 under the leadership of Commissioner General of Prisons, Mr.Thushara Upuldeniya. Additional Commissioner General of Prisons, Mr.Chandana [......]

With the aim of socializing inmates as better citizens, 04th Inmates Scout Camp organized by the Department of Prisons has been planned to be held at the Open Prison Camp- Pallekele from 01.04.2023 to 03.04.2023 with the participation of 500 inmates. Hon. Minister of Justice, Prison Affairs and Constitutional [......]

On the occasion of the centenary of prison scouting which helps with the rehabilitation process of inmates to a great deal, 4th Inmates  Scout Camp organized by the Rehabilitation Division of the Department of Prisons was held at the Open Prison Camp-Pallekele from 01.04.2023 to 03.04.2023 under the supervision [......]

Sixty eight teams representing Sri Lankan States institutes, competed at the State Services Soft Ball Cricket Tournament and ultimately, the Department of Prisons and the Fire Services Department teams were qualified to the final match. Final match was held at the Colombo Shalika Ground on 12.01.2023 and after breathtaking [......]