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ED moves to pardon prisoners
Blessed Mhlanga and Tatenda Square and Beauty Nyuke ·
GOVERNMENT yesterday announced plans to decongest the country’s overcrowded prisons by pardoning convicted criminals who have served at least a third of their sentences.
This was announced by Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa during a post-Cabinet media briefing in Harare.
The move follows pressure from civic organisations and human rights groups who raised a red flag over the overcrowding at the country’s prisons which posed a serious health hazard to both inmates and wardens.
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