The state-owned Herald newspaper reports that those pardoned include All male prisoners under the age of 18 and all female inmates, except those sentenced to death or life in prison.
The pardon was also extended to terminally-ill prisoners and those sentenced to less than three years who had served at least a quarter of their time. The amnesty does not apply to prisoners jailed for murder, treason, rape, armed robbery, car-jacking or sexual offenses.
The newspaper quotes a prison official as saying that Zimbabwe’s 45 prisons had more than 19,500 inmates, but they could hold only 17,000 prisoners.
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