By Skandha Gunasekara
The prison system has incarcerated a whopping 5,000 new drug addict prisoners within the last two months, The Sunday Morning learnt.
Commissioner General of Prisons Thushara Upuldeniya said there were a total 8,000 drug addicts within the prison system.
“There are about 8,000 drug addicts in prisons across the island, 5,000 of whom were incarcerated within the last two months.”
The Commissioner General said the prisons were facing an issue of drug addicts going into withdrawal and having health issues due to the lack of drug supply.
“There have been three suicides in the last few days within prisons in Sri Lanka, due to withdrawal symptoms (as a result) of going cold turkey to cease addiction – one at the Welikada Prison, one in Boossa, and another at the Negombo Prison,” he said.Drug addiction: 5,000 caught within two months
30 Aug 2020
Drug addiction: 5,000 caught within two months
30 Aug 2020
By Skandha Gunasekara
The prison system has incarcerated a whopping 5,000 new drug addict prisoners within the last two months, The Sunday Morning learnt.
Commissioner General of Prisons Thushara Upuldeniya said there were a total 8,000 drug addicts within the prison system.
“There are about 8,000 drug addicts in prisons across the island, 5,000 of whom were incarcerated within the last two months.”
The Commissioner General said the prisons were facing an issue of drug addicts going into withdrawal and having health issues due to the lack of drug supply.
“There have been three suicides in the last few days within prisons in Sri Lanka, due to withdrawal symptoms (as a result) of going cold turkey to cease addiction – one at the Welikada Prison, one in Boossa, and another at the Negombo Prison,” he said.Kapruka
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