Chaos Behind Bars: Sri Lanka's Ongoing Prison Crisis Sri Lanka's Mahara Prison has been the site of yet another violent uprising, leaving multiple buildings destroyed and a trail of bloodshed in its wake.
The latest unrest is just one symptom of a far deeper malaise afflicting the country's prison system.
As troops from the armed forces and Special Task Force commandos deployed to contain the situation, it became clear that the crisis at Mahara Prison has been years in the making.