One prisoner was killed and 10 injured in a riot that began late on Thursday at Colombo's New Magazine Prison.

The wounded were rushed to the Negombo hospital, north of the capital Colombo, following overnight clashes between inmates from two drug gangs, police said.

SITTWE: Authorities are looking into the Sittwe prison riot that happened on October 6, said Police Lt-Col Maung Maung Soe ...

The violence at the Mahara Prison outside Colombo came about a month after clashes at another overcrowded jail where 31 were ...

The recent occurrence of riots in two prisons in Sri Lanka within a short period prompted me to conduct a brief study of ...

Dularika Perera, 38, only ⁠found ⁠out her cousin was among 26 ⁠people killed in the worst Sri Lankan prison riot in years when his ​photo was sent to her on WhatsApp. The seven prison officials and 19 ...

By Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO, Aug 2 - Sri Lanka tightened security across its prisons on Sunday after a riot left one person ...

A review of a five-hour riot at West Kimberley Regional Prison has failed to address allegations female prisoners were sexually assaulted by rioting male inmates.