2020 Mahara Prison incident: Rights group slams alleged ‘conclusion’ of case
The Committee for Protecting the Rights of Prisoners (CPRP) condemned the alleged direction given by the Attorney General to the Director of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) to conclude the…
බන්ධනාගාරවල සංක්රාන්ති ලිංගික සිරකරුවන්ට වෙනම ඉඩක් වෙන් කිරීමට අවධානය
ඉදිරි කාලයේදී මෙට ඉදි කෙරෙන බන්ධනාගාරවල සංක්රාන්ති ලිංගික සිරකරුවන් වෙනුවෙන් වෙනම ඉඩකඩ වෙන් කිරීම පිළිබඳව අවධානය යොමු කිරීමට නියමිත බව බන්ධනාගාර කොමසාරිස්, මාධ්ය ප්රකාශක ගාමිණී දිසානායක මහතා පැවැසීය. ඒ මහතා…
Voting rights: Rights group alleges Prisons Dept.’s ‘main challenge’
One of the main challenges hindering the establishment of a mechanism to ensure the voting rights of eligible prisoners, according to prisoners’ rights groups, is the difficulties faced by Prisons…
Future prison constructions: Transgender inmates to receive separate accommodation
Medical advice, prisoner’s preference & cognisance of risk involving sex offenders misusing transgenderism, to be factored in Transgender prisoners will receive consideration for separate accommodation in prisons to be constructed…
Prisoners’ rights group alleges: No vaccines for children in prisons?
Children who are brought up in the prison system lack access to vaccines and suffer from neglected welfare, alleged the Committee for Protecting the Rights of Prisoners (CPRP). “When you…