Sri Lanka prison officials to get better hostel facilities

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s cabinet of ministers have approved a proposal to build new quarters for prison officers, and improve exiting ones, minister Nalinda Jayatissa said. “Due to the shortage of officers in prisons, many prison officers have to work after their regular working hours, and it has become essential to provide residential facilities for them,” Jayatissa told reporters. All prisons do not have adequate residential facilities, he said. “It’s necessary to modernize the existing residential facilities and construct new residential facilities in places with space.” The plans include the construction of two barracks at Welikada Prison in Colombo. Barracks…

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