Several high-ranking prison officers including Superintendents transferred
June 25, 2025 07:22 pm
Two Special Grade Superintendents, a Superintendent, eight Assistant Superintendents and five Acting Superintendents of Prisons have been transferred to other prisons from their current locations, the Department of Prisons said.
The transfers are effective from 02 July 2025.
Accordingly, the following officers have been transferred:
Special Grade Prison Superintendent A.C. Gajanayake – from Bogambara Prison to Prison Headquarters.
Special Grade Prison Superintendent D.R.S. Silva – from Mahara Prison to Welikada Prison.
Acting Prison Superintendent Sudan Rohana – from Colombo Remand Prison to Mahara Prison.
Assistant Prison Superintendent L.P. Warnakulasuriya – from Wariyapola Prison to Bogambara Prison.
Assistant Prison Superintendent V. Abeydeera – from Kegalle Prison to Wariyapola Prison.
Assistant Prison Superintendent K. Depp – from Kalutara Prison to Boossa Prison.
Assistant Prison Superintendent P. Premathilaka – from the Sri Lanka Prisons Emergency Action and Tactical Force to Anuradhapura Prison.
Assistant Prison Superintendent P. Perera – from Pallekele Prison to Magazine Prison.
Assistant Prison Superintendent A. Udayakumara – from Boossa Prison to Kalutara Prison.
Assistant Prison Superintendent N. Upuldeniya, brother of Commissioner General of Prisons Thushara Upuldeniya – from Magazine Prison to Watareka Open Prison Camp.
Assistant Prison Superintendent R. Prabath – from Weerawila Open Prison Camp to Colombo Remand Prison.
Assistant Prison Superintendent A. Rajakarunanayake – from Prison Headquarters to the Sri Lanka Prisons Emergency Action and Tactical Force.
Assistant Prison Superintendent Pradeep Wasantha Kumara – from Watareka Open Prison Camp to Matara Prison.
Assistant Prison Superintendent N. Fernando – from Agunukolapelessa Prison to Weerawila Prison.
Assistant Prison Superintendent Mangala Weliwita – from Matara Prison to Pallekele Prison.
Assistant Prison Superintendent Kumara Edirisinghe – from Mahara Prison to Kegalle Prison.
