Forgiven on Independence Day

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Some 1,200 prisoners in remand over minor offences were released today from prisons countrywide on account of the 65th Independence Day celebrations. One hundred and fifty prisoners including 13 females and 137 males were among those released from the Welikada prisons. Pix by Nisal Baduge.

Badulla Prison - Pix by Prasad Rukmal

Kandy - Pix by Shane Senevirathne

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Comments - 16

hubert Monday, 04 February 2013 07:24 AM

The public in Danger again

ajith Monday, 04 February 2013 07:22 AM

Our prison system not contains appropriate rehabilitation and required sociological, psychological or moral guidance to prisoners besides worse economic scenarios of these prisoners underwent. Who can expect them integrate into society with right moral without such guidance, instead of now they have learned from tactics of crime from hardcore prisoners..So here we go miracle of Asia!!!

jihad deen Monday, 04 February 2013 07:39 AM

Good Move

Tourist Monday, 04 February 2013 07:39 AM

Let's leave so called paradise island...

Apsara Monday, 04 February 2013 07:41 AM

We wish them a happy, and peaceful, and very bright future.

Rosh Monday, 04 February 2013 08:04 AM

I must note down the faces as these would be in our neighborhood one of these days....

Richardson Monday, 04 February 2013 08:02 AM

What about the compensation for the victims.
Some of these god damn criminals should rot in jail.

Gabo Singho Monday, 04 February 2013 08:07 AM

Slavery seems to exit in Sri Lanka as yet, otherwise why should a person get down on his knees and worship another human being?

Jagath Leanage Monday, 04 February 2013 08:16 AM

Did Julampitiye Amare also released? He is a good friend of that one and from Hambanthota too.

Debby Monday, 04 February 2013 08:21 AM

waste of effort by law and order enforcing team

regan Monday, 04 February 2013 08:28 AM

do you like to behead them for their minor offences??...prison is for make the people to do the right thing not to rot them for ever!!

Naren Monday, 04 February 2013 08:32 AM

In srilanka, Minor offense is MURDER, DRUGS, CONTRACT KILLINGS and so on...

bushel Monday, 04 February 2013 08:33 AM

The drug addicted burglars who broke into my house will burgle more houses. Is burglary also a minor ofence? had i gone for confrontation I would have got stabbed
. Behead the idiots...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

limatc Monday, 04 February 2013 09:14 AM

THEY ARE ALSO HUMAN BEINGS BUT , THEY SHUD KNOW HOW TO LIVE AS HUMAN BEINGS WITHOUT LIVING LIKE ANIMALS , IF THEY LIVE LIKE HUMAN BEINGS NO NEED OF ANY JAIL IN ANY COUNTRY.

MagodisThuma Monday, 04 February 2013 09:55 AM

Yes some times they repeat the same crime !

praveen Monday, 04 February 2013 10:17 AM

If you want to forgive, forgive the inmates who has changed, not the list sent by some politicians to take advantage of independence day forgiving. After 6months you'll see same guys in the same prison. Crazy!

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