Zimbabwe Releases More Than 4,000 Prison Inmates
Authorities in Zimbabwe Friday started releasing 4,270 prison inmates who were granted amnesty by President Emmerson Mnangagwa earlier this month ahead of general elections.
The development is welcomed because it decongests Zimbabwe's overcrowded prisons.
Pardoned inmates leaving Harare Central Prison Friday did not speak, but joy was written all over many of the prisoners' faces.
Shepherd Mpofu, the acting head of the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Service, is grateful to President Emmerson Mnangagwa for granting the amnesty and reducing the prison population.
International News Agency Rudaw24
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