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Phase I Rover Scout Leader Training Course for Prison Officers Successfully Concluded

The Phase I Rover Scout Leader Training Course, organized by the Sri Lanka Scout Association together with the Department of Prisons for Class II Jailors and Rehabilitation Officers, was successfully held on May 12 and 13, 2026, at the Lee Dassanayake Training Centre in Mirigama. 45 Senior Jailors and [......]

2026-06-03T09:06:54+05:30May 14, 2026|

Oral Health Clinic and Mobile Dental Service at the Colombo Prison Complex in celebration of the World Oral Health Day.

To mark the World Oral Health Day on March 20th, the inaugural ceremony of the island-wide National Oral Health Clinic and Mobile Dental Service was held on April 2, 2026, at the Colombo Prison Complex. The event held to benefit prison officers as well as inmates across prisons island [......]

2026-06-01T16:49:56+05:30April 3, 2026|

Mr. Prasad Hemantha Kumara Appointed as the Acting Commissioner General of Prisons.

Mr. Prasad Hemantha Kumara was appointed to the post of Acting Commissioner General of Prisons of the Department of Prisons on April 2, 2026. He joined the Department of Prisons in 2013 as an Assistant Superintendent of Prisons. He, subsequently received promotions as a Superintendent of Prisons, Special Grade Superintendent [......]

2026-06-01T16:33:37+05:30April 3, 2026|

Best Annual Report and Award Ceremony for Accounts -2026

The 9 th Best Annual Report and Accounts Awards–2024 (BARA Awards–2024), jointly organized by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (CA SL) and the Association of Public Finance Accountants of Sri Lanka (APFASL) was held on February 5, 2026, at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall. Several [......]

2026-06-03T13:40:40+05:30February 12, 2026|

Hon. Minister of Justice and National Integration, Attorney-at-Law, Mr.Harshana Nanayakkara, was on an observation tour to investigate the current situation at Welikada and Magazine Prisons in Colombo.

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 [......]

2025-05-21T09:57:00+05:30March 28, 2025|

Bakery Training School for Prison Inmates

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 [......]

2024-03-22T08:39:11+05:30February 5, 2024|

Ceremony of unveiling the pinnacle of newly constructed Stupa at Open Prison Camp- Watareka

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, [......]

2024-03-13T12:08:17+05:30December 26, 2023|

“Lalitha Sirasara” Concert Began…

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 [......]

2024-03-09T09:23:41+05:30November 11, 2023|
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