The Sri Lankan government has declared that they are to recruit and deploy more intelligence officers in prisons, as the government further expands intelligence services.
Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Rehabilitation and Prison Reforms have announced that they will recruit 160 new intelligence officers, with some to be deployed into prisons in civilian clothing.
In addition, four new prison department commissioners have also been appointed.
Earlier this year, Army commander Lt. GeneralJagath Jayasuriya stated that intelligence services had expanded along with the rest of the country’s armed forces, using both “local and international information”.
See our earlier posts:
Army boasts of increased militarisation (17 May 2012)
Government intelligence has ‘unearthed’ campaign (11 Jan 2012)
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