{
  "id": 19251898,
  "title": "Measles outbreak halts inmate transfers to Colombo courts",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/measles-outbreak-halts-inmate-transfers-to-colombo-courts",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-11-09T23:59:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Island Sri Lanka",
    "slug": "the-island-sri-lanka",
    "url": "http://island.lk/measles-outbreak-halts-inmate-transfers-to-colombo-courts/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Prison authorities yesterday suspended the production of inmates from three Colombo prisons before courts following the detection of measles cases among prisoners. Consequently, inmates from the Colombo Remand Prison, Welikada Prison and Magazine Prison were not brought before the Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court, Colombo High Court and Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court on November 9. Commissioner…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}