Considering the recent incidents in the Negombo Prison and the overcrowding in the prisons, the government has focused on introducing a ‘home detention’ system instead of imprisonment. It is also reported that a high-level committee has already been appointed to implement this new system and look into it. According to this proposal, people who are remanded in custody for minor offences are to be detained in their own homes instead of being detai…
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Considering the recent incidents in the Negombo Prison and the overcrowding in the prisons, the government has focused on introducing a ‘home detention’ system instead of imprisonment. It is also reported that a high-level committee has already been appointed to implement this new system and look into it. According to this proposal, people who are remanded in custody for minor offences are to be detained in their own homes instead of being detai…