Sri Lanka, July 7 -- The images out of Negombo Prison this week are, by now, grimly familiar to anyone who has followed Sri Lanka's penal history: rooftop protests, relatives massed at the gates pleading for information, Special Task Force personnel taking up positions with rifles slung, and a death toll that climbed hour by hour until it settled, officially, at 26 - seven prison officers and 19 inmates, with more than a hundred others wounded. Justice Minister Harshana Nanayakkara has visited the site, expressed shock, accepted "responsibility", and announced a cabinet-appointed committee under retired Supreme Court Justice Priyantha Fernando. Roughly 700 inmates have been dispersed to prisons around the country. The Colombo Crime Divisi...