Prisons overloaded: Majority detained over drug-related charges

Sammy Sunday, 27 November 2022 10:23 AM

The current economic condition has also led the marginalised to resort to crimes for even survival and for drug addicts to acquire drugs.

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Silva Sunday, 27 November 2022 10:58 AM

If you legalize Ganja half are gone. Then you can put another 225 The family inside, which is long overdue

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Sri Sunday, 27 November 2022 12:17 PM

Consider if you can reform them and train them in skill and knowledge how much the country could benefit from them ...Non of our justice minister has got any talent and skills how to reform our prison service ..there is no point in locking up people for some small offence and civic offence but you need to have a system to teach them and train them... Introduce financial penalty for some crimes such as traffic and other civil offences And create professional skills development for all prisonors...in this way you create empowerment and skilled professionals.. Our politicians are good in stealing public money not investing in people . Problem is with politics not with these people who are in jail now Most of these drugs are snuggled into this country with the support of politicians according many media report and why not CID investigate on this matter... because they are scared of their jobs

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A big vacuum to be filled Sunday, 27 November 2022 02:35 PM

Yesterday I read a good news, that might help the current situation in Prisons. Anyone caught with 5 (mg) of drugs will be sentenced to death. So, half the population in Prison will be gone very soon. Along with them, Prison guards, vehicles, drivers even superintendents and their families too will vanish. There will be a very big empty vacuum. This may help implement Silva's suggestion. We may need more alugosuwas.

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Jude Sunday, 27 November 2022 08:34 PM

Most prisoners are political henchmen, Presidential pardon can reduce the congestion!! Ha ha ha ha ha !!

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Dee Sunday, 27 November 2022 09:07 PM

Can we push for general election and sort this problem?

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hoodwinker Monday, 28 November 2022 05:02 AM

If one compare the Parliament to Prisons it is the same scenario, for a country like ours 60 is max as law makers. We have 225, that too has at least 25 % Law breakers ie. Commis itthas , Drug dealers and addicts, Murderers the list goes on. Difference is they cannot be rehabilitated- Good for nothing scums.

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safeek Monday, 28 November 2022 08:59 AM

Use them productively in Governemt Estates and NLDB Farms

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Jef Monday, 28 November 2022 09:57 AM

Prison system need changes depend on crime and time they spend they need to allocate those to help develop sri lanka in important sectors that need help desperately keeping the beaches clean keeping all waterways clean roads recycling systems plastics most of this minor criminals that are healthy should be given task other criminals that need security 24/7 should be helping farming Agriculture

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Nimal Monday, 28 November 2022 11:05 AM

In reality if all those who have committed crimes, frauds, and robbed the country's wealth are charged and convicted, the Prisons accomodation will have to be increased by three or four times.

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