Sri Lanka’s notorious Police Special Task Force (STF), which has been accused of committing human rights abuses, has taken over security across the island’s prisons as of today.
The Senior Assistant Secretary of the Ministry of Justice and Prison Reforms, Bandula Jayasinghe said that initially 300 STF personnel would be deployed across Welikada and Magazine prisons, and the Angunakolapelessa prison before expanding to others.
He claimed that the move would result in less “illegal activities in prisons”.
