Sri Lanka, July 13 -- Post-mortem examinations of the prison officers killed during the recent violence at Negombo Prison have revealed the brutality of the attack they endured. According to the post-mortem findings, the officers died from severe head injuries caused by blunt force trauma, indicating that they were subjected to brutal physical assaults before their deaths.

The recent violence at Negombo Prison should not be viewed merely as another prison riot caused by rival gangs. It should be understood as a warning sign of a much deeper crisis: the collapse of a detention system struggling under decades of neglect, overcrowding, institutional weakness and a culture of impunity.

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