Sri Lanka, Nov. 9 -- The Department of Prisons notified courts in writing that no inmates from the Colombo Remand, Welikada, and Magazine prisons were produced before the Colombo Chief Magistrate's Court, the Colombo High Court, or the Colombo Fort Magistrate's Court today due to the spread of measles, a contagious disease, among prisoners.

Accordingly, no prison inmates were produced before court today, with prison officials informing the Colombo Chief Magistrate's Court and High Court of the situation.

A prison officer at the court stated that the letter was submitted with the approval of the Health Ministry to refrain from producing inmates in court today, as the disease is spreading rapidly among prisoners.

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