No amnesty for prisoners this year

development saying inmates living conditions had improved in recent months.
“There is not going to be an amnesty for inmates this year. Our current statistics show that we have around 15 000 inmates countrywide and our prisons carrying capacity is 21 000. Government carried an amnesty three years ago and this was because the conditions in our jails had deteriorated.”

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