{"id":74308,"date":"2021-09-19T01:25:55","date_gmt":"2021-09-19T06:25:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=74308"},"modified":"2021-09-19T18:26:14","modified_gmt":"2021-09-19T23:26:14","slug":"no-cctv-footage-available-of-controversial-incidents-concerning-state-minister-lohan-ratwatte-at-the-welikada-and-anuradhapura-prisons-because-cctv-cameras-are-not-installed-in-both-jails-says-pr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=74308","title":{"rendered":"No CCTV Footage Available  of  Controversial Incidents Concerning State Minister Lohan Ratwatte  at the Welikada and Anuradhapura Prisons Because  CCTV Cameras are Not Installed in Both Jails  Says Prisons Dept Official"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By<\/p>\n<p>Darshana Sanjeewa Balasuriya<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Installation of CCTV cameras in the Welikada prison is currently underway and only three prisons in the country are equipped with CCTV camera system, the Prisons Department said .<\/p>\n<p>In the wake of recent incidents at Welikada and Anuradhapura Prisons involving State Minister Lohan Ratwatte, concerns were  raised whether the controversial incidents captured in the CCTV systems at those prisons.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>However, a prison official said that neither Welikada nor Anuradhapura prisons are currently  equipped with the system.<\/p>\n<p>CCTV cameras are only in place at the Agunukolapelessa, Bosssa and Kalutara Prisons.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Prisons Department said that installation of CCTV cameras in the Welikada, Magazine, Remand prisons, Welikada Female Ward, Prison Hospital, Mahara and Negombo prisons commenced in April this year.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Prisons Spokesman Chandana Ekanayake said CCTV cameras would be operational to ensure the safety of prisoners and thwart violence, criminal and illegal activities that take place inside and outside prisons.<\/p>\n<p>However, when contacted the spokesman, he said that installation of CCTV at Welikada Prison is still not completed.<\/p>\n<p><em>Courtesy;Daily Mirror<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"tweetbutton74308\" class=\"tw_button\" style=\"float:right;margin-left:10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdbsjeyaraj.com%2Fdbsj%2F%3Fp%3D74308&amp;text=No%20CCTV%20Footage%20Available%20%20of%20%20Controversial%20Incidents%20Concerning%20State%20Minister%20Lohan%20Ratwatte%20%20at%20the...%20&amp;related=&amp;lang=en&amp;count=horizontal\" class=\"twitter-share-button\"  style=\"width:55px;height:22px;background:transparent url('https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-tweet-button\/tweetn.png') no-repeat  0 0;text-align:left;text-indent:-9999px;display:block;\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Darshana Sanjeewa Balasuriya Installation of CCTV cameras in the Welikada prison is currently underway and only three prisons in the country are equipped with CCTV camera system, the Prisons Department said . In the wake of recent incidents at Welikada and Anuradhapura Prisons involving State Minister Lohan Ratwatte, concerns were raised whether the controversial &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=74308\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading &lsquo;No CCTV Footage Available  of  Controversial Incidents Concerning State Minister Lohan Ratwatte  at the Welikada and Anuradhapura Prisons Because  CCTV Cameras are Not Installed in Both Jails  Says Prisons Dept Official&rsquo; &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74308"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=74308"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74308\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74309,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74308\/revisions\/74309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=74308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=74308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=74308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}