{"id":109581,"date":"2020-12-10T15:19:57","date_gmt":"2020-12-10T22:19:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=109581"},"modified":"2020-12-10T15:19:57","modified_gmt":"2020-12-10T22:19:57","slug":"large-numbers-in-remand-custody-due-to-delays-in-govt-departments-prez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2020\/12\/10\/large-numbers-in-remand-custody-due-to-delays-in-govt-departments-prez\/","title":{"rendered":"Large numbers in remand custody due to delays in Govt. Departments: Prez"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Courtesy The Daily Mirror<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<p>While raising the importance to establish a Presidential Task Force to resolve existing problems in prisons, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said a large number of people are in remand custody due to delays in the Analyst, Attorney General and Police Departments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President made these remarks at a discussion held at the Presidential Secretariat this morning (10) to look into shortcomings and issues in prisons and to recommend solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The relevant agencies including Customs, Police, Prisons and Rehabilitation should establish a Presidential Task Force and take steps to resolve existing problems, the President pointed out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More than 12,000 people are incarcerated due to drug addiction. President emphasized the need to pay special attention to them and formulate a rehabilitation programme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Rajapaksa also instructed relevant authorities to look humanely at grievances of the prisoners and address them immediately by providing necessary assistance to them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moreover, President Rajapaksa instructed officials to explore the possibility of constructing pre-fabricated prisons in the so-far identified locations in order to eliminate overcrowding in prisons.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The President also stressed the need to study the models of modern foreign prisons and take immediate measures to provide facilities.&nbsp;<strong><em>(Sheain Fernandopulle)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Courtesy The Daily Mirror While raising the importance to establish a Presidential Task Force to resolve existing problems in prisons, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said a large number of people are in remand custody due to delays in the Analyst, Attorney General and Police Departments. President made these remarks at a discussion held at the Presidential [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[156],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-109581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-law-order"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109581","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109581"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109581\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}