CORONAVIRUS : GOVT TO RELEASE MORE PRISONERS

JUSTICE Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ziyambi
Ziyambi has said processes are underway to amend the recent clemency order and
ensure more categories of prisoners benefit from the Presidential amnesty as an
urgent measure to decongest prison…

JUSTICE Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has said processes are underway to amend the recent clemency order and ensure more categories of prisoners benefit from the Presidential amnesty as an urgent measure to decongest prisons. Government is also working on transferring inmates from heavily-congested prisons to less-populated centres to promote social distancing.