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Sri Lanka prisons riot results in 3 inmate deaths
Riots broke out inside two prisons in Sri Lanka, resulting in the death of three inmates and injury to 24 others. Public Security Minister Anand Viegapala stated that the violence occurred at the New Magazine Prison in Colombo and at the Kuruwita Prison, causing the deaths of two inmates at the latter facility and injuries to 14 of its inmates. Police forces and riot control teams managed to regain control of the disturbances, which took place amid a prison overcrowding crisis—prisons housing more than twice their capacity, with over 41,000 prisoners despite being designed for only 11,000. Most inmates are detained pending trial, with many accused of drug-related offenses.
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