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*Mnangagwa Approves Prisoner Amnesty Request*

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President Emmerson Mnangagwa has approved amnesty on prisoners serving lighter sentences or who have served over one-third of their sentences.

The move follows a request by the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) who are keen on decongesting the correctional facilities for controlling the spread of the coronavirus.

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Speaking during an interview yesterday on the sidelines of his tour of Beitbridge Prison, ZPCS Commissioner-General Moses Chihobvu said:

His Excellency, the President has today signed our request to offer amnesty to some prisoners.

> What is only left is to gazette the new order so that we may be able to release those who qualify.

> … I don’t have the statistics offhand, but we are hopeful that the amnesty will help a great deal in decongesting crowded correctional facilities.

> At the same time, I want to urge those that will benefit from the clemency to take this as a second chance for them to lead a better life.

Inmates in the country are graded into four classes, A-D and those in Class D are the ones serving long-term sentences ranging from seven years and above, including those who would have committed serious crimes some of which include murder, armed robbery, fraud, or rape, among others.

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