Jehan Perera – Jehan Perera The violence in the Negombo prison has become the first major crisis the current government has had to face since coming to power. The government may or may not be responsible for creating these conditions that have accumulated over decades and have turned the prison system into a bomb. But the fact is that the total number of prison inmates in the country has increased from 28,000 in late 2024 to 41,000 by 2026, due …
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Jehan Perera – Jehan Perera The violence in the Negombo prison has become the first major crisis the current government has had to face since coming to power. The government may or may not be responsible for creating these conditions that have accumulated over decades and have turned the prison system into a bomb. But the fact is that the total number of prison inmates in the country has increased from 28,000 in late 2024 to 41,000 by 2026, due …