Three prisoners were killed and at ‌least 23 others injured in two prison riots in Sri Lanka, a senior official said on Friday, as unrest continued across the island nation’s overcrowded prison system. One prisoner was killed and 10 injured in ​a riot that began late on Thursday at Colombo’s New Magazine Prison. A ​second riot at Kuruwita prison, about 80 km (50 miles) from the capital, ⁠left two prisoners dead and 14 injured, Public Security Minister Ananda Wijepala told parliament. Police ​and special forces brought both disturbances under control, Wijepala said. Unrest at an open prison ​in Negombo, about 40 km (25 miles) from Colombo, was also contained after police fired tear gas at protesting inmates, police sources told Reuters. Heavy police and riot squads were deployed at all three prisons and prisoners ​who had climbed onto rooftops or moved into open areas were returned to their ​wards, the minister added.

Full report : Three dead, 23 injured, in Sri Lanka prison riots as overcrowding strains jails.