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SRI LANKAN PRISONS SHOULD BE UPTO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD – By Dr Tilak S. Fernando It was recently disclosed that Sri Lankan Prions should be called a persistent issue, but nothing has been done to make inmates comfortable to international standards. Today it is recorded that a 260 per cent increase in prisons, criticised as ‘dungeons’ and some over-crowded prisons, make the worst criminals. Some International prisons, which are said to be in developed, counties such as the USA or Britain, humanely treat prisoners with separate rooms for inmates and library facilities with separate toilets and washrooms. After all, prisoners are also human beings made out of feelings, blood and bones. Just because they are tempted to be criminals or drug addicts, should they be treated crudely?  In some cases, toilet pans and wash basins are the same room where one sleeps on a mat on the ground. Mosquito-infested rooms make ...