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The Prisons Department to recruit 200 ex-service personnel who have legitimately discharged after completing their 12-year service from the three armed forces, to fill the post of Prison Guards based on urgent service recruitments.
Prisons Spokesman Chandana Ekanayake said those officers below 40 years of age would be recruited to the Prisons Intelligence Unit and those who pass the physical fitness test would be subject to a fitness evaluation interviews and those who receive the highest marks would be given preference during recruitment.
The recruited personnel would be subject to a three- year probationary period and promotions would be considered as per the provisions laid down in the approved recruitment procedure.
Earlier, Commissioner General of Prisons Thushara Upuldeniya said a special unit affiliated to the Prisons Intelligence Unit would be set up in order to protect special categories of prisoners and to quell riots within prisons.
The three armed forces personnel who have completed 12 years service would be recruited immediately to fill the staff shortage in the Special Unit that to be established with the aim of curbing prison riots, protecting special inmates and preventing smuggling of narcotics into prisons.(Darshana Sanjeewa Balasuriya)
Amnesty international Sunday, 17 January 2021 01:17 PM
Working in prisons is not only to guard inmates. It is also about caring for drugaddicts( different then drugdealers), ill inmates, depressed inmates, inmates with other mental issues etc. It is a different job than being in the army, you need different skills.
Attorney At Law Sunday, 17 January 2021 01:47 PM
Amnesty International, go and visit the horrendous Indian Prisons, then come and advice us. But you people wouldn’t as India is always outside your remit but Sri Lanka is an easy target for your criticism.
Desillusioned Sunday, 17 January 2021 02:15 PM
Yes, Sri Lanka is a easy target because of the lack of human rights here. Also India, but that does not make things right.
Asanka Sunday, 17 January 2021 02:35 PM
If you are a true attorney at law in Sri Lanka, you don't know anything about human rights
City Monday, 18 January 2021 06:57 AM
It seems being a attorney at law you have never visited or corresponded with prisoners and officials. Have you ever heard a thing called counseling in our prison's.
Rambo Monday, 18 January 2021 05:24 AM
Good. Militarize the whole country. Then you can rule forever like the North Korean and Chinese Presidents. We see this coming in another 4 years.
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