History
The new prisons system that evolved in Britain was introduced to the British colonies during 1844. The Department of Prisons came into existence first affiliated to the Police Dept. under the then Inspector General of Police Sir George Campbel under the Act no.18 of 1844. The supervisions and control of all prisons in the Island ware vested in Inspector General of Prisons. From its inceptions the office of Inspector General of Prisons was held by the Inspector General of Police until 1905 when they separated Major de Wilton who till then held both offices was appointed Inspector General of Prisons and he was also appointed to be the Superintendent of the Prisons at Welikada, Mutwal and Hultsdorf. In 1922 when the penal colony of the Andaman Islands were closed down and 62 life convicts sent back to Ceylon. 1944 a probation system was introduced as a branch of the Prison Department
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