A two-day riot at Sri Lanka's Negombo Prison has left at least 25 people dead and around 100 injured after clashes between ...

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 ...

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 ...

The country has faced criticism from human rights activists for the conditions in its prisons, including overcrowding and ...

The weapons, clubs and improvised wooden poles allegedly used by inmates during the recent clash inside Negombo Prison were ...

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

At least 31 inmates died at an Ecuador prison on Sunday afternoon after violent, armed riots broke out, authorities said. According to a statement shared by the country's prisons authority, 27 ...

It felt like stepping into a war zone. A No Entry sign greeted us at the entrance to the road leading up to the Negombo ...

Sri Lanka's overcrowded prisons have, for decades, been sites of recurring violence, reflecting deep structural failures ...