Male prisoners constituted 96,7 percent of prison population, with women contributing a mere 3,3 percent.
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Thousands of prisoners set to get freedom

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday gazetted conditions of a presidential pardon that is meant to benefit thousands of prisoners across the country as government moves to decongest prisons. This comes after Cabinet recently approved a proposal to have a general amnesty to decongest the country’s prisons, which currently house 22 000 prisoners against a carrying capacity…

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