In commemoration of the 2570th Vesak Poya Day, a series of Vesak programs were held by the Colombo prisons at the Prison Headquarters. A Vesak lantern competition organized by the Buddhist Association of the Department of Prisons was held at the Welikada Prison with the participation from all prisons [......]
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 [......]
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 [......]
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 [......]
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 [......]
Several Vesak Celebrations had been organized by Colombo prison institutes on Vesak Full Moon Poya Day of the 2569th year of the Buddha. Under the leadership of the Commissioner General of Prisons, Mr.Thushara Upuldeniya, several items such as exhibition of Vesak Lanterns, Vesak Bathi Gee (devotional songs) presented by [......]
With the completion of training course for Trainee Prison Guards recruited to fill vacancies at the Department of Prisons, passing out ceremony was held at the Angunakolapelessa Prison Ground on 11.05.2025 at around 10.00 a.m. under the patronage of the Commissioner General of Prisons, Mr.Thushara Upuldeniya. Total 145 officers, [......]
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 [......]
