Sri Lanka, July 13 -- COLOMBO - Lawyers who visited Welikada Prison on Monday (13) to provide legal assistance to inmates transferred from Negombo Prison following the recent clash said they were unable to meet the prisoners privately after prison authorities insisted that the consultations be conducted under official supervision.

The Committee for the Protection of Prisoners' Rights (CPPR) objecting to the prison authorities'restrictions, lodged a written complaint with Prison Headquarters, arguing that such restrictions undermine confidential lawyer-client consultations.

Speaking to reporters outside Prison Headquarters after submitting the complaint, Committee Chairman and Attorney-at-Law Senaka Perera said the lawyers had sought per...