Six-hundred-and-sixty-one prisoners freed for Vesak

 

President Maithripala Sirisena granted pardon to 661 prisoners around the country today in commemoration of Vesak.

Of this 661, 597 were released while the remaining 64 prisoners who were convicted of more than one crime, received pardon for one of their crimes.

The Department of Prisons also noted that of those released, 592 were male prisoners and five were female prisoners.

The prisoners released from 30 prison facilities around the island were convicted on minor offenses such as inability to pay a fine or caught for brewing illicit liquor.

Media Spokesperson for the Department of Prisons, Commissioner of Prisons (Administration), Thushara Upuldeniya citing figures told Daily News that “Welikada released 29, 18 from Bogambara, 62 from Mahara, 71 from Kuruwita 71 and 51 from Negombo.”

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