After violence erupted at an overcrowded prison in Sri Lanka, posts shared fabricated quotes from the island-nation's justice ...

Vast majority of wounded also non-convicts A file picture of the Negombo Prison during the recent riots By Shamindra Ferdinando The Department of Prisons yesterday (14) revealed that all inmates ...

A screenshot of emotional scenes outside Negombo Prison in Sri Lanka as relatives of inmates seek information about their jailed kin, following a deadly prison riot on July 5-6, 2026. On July 5-6, Sri ...

COLOMBO, July 10 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's efforts to reduce ⁠prison ⁠overcrowding by reopening a colonial jail ⁠and recruiting ...

Dularika Perera, 38, only found out her cousin was among 26 people killed in the worst Sri Lankan prison riot in years when ...

Sri Lanka launched an investigation on Tuesday into its deadliest prison riot in years, as the death toll from clashes ...

Wednesday 8th July, 2026 Prison riots in Negombo have claimed 27 lives including those of seven officers and left more than 100 others injured. It is believed that a clash between a group of drug ...

By Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO, July 7 (Reuters) - A riot in a Sri Lankan prison that killed 26 people and injured dozens was ...

Rival inmates overpowered guards, seized weapons and fired inside the overcrowded prison. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read ...

Indian High Commission in Colombo contacts family of inmate killed in Sri Lanka's recent prison riots amid ongoing ...

With the latest fatalities, 10 prison officials and 22 inmates have died in one of the country's deadliest prison riots in ...

Two days of deadly violence in the Negombo prison have laid bare the persistent decay in the Sri Lankan prison system, and by ...