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Zimbabwe recently began releasing about 3,000 prisoners under a presidential amnesty aimed at easing congestion in the system, and minimizing the threat of COVID-19 in the country's overcrowded jails. About 400 prisoners were released from prisons in the capital, Harare, while more will follow suit in other prisons countrywide. Zimbabwe's prisons have a holding capacity of 17,000 prisoners but carried about 22,000 before the amnesty declared by Mnangagwa. (REUTERS( | VOA Studio 7

Zimbabwe has begun releasing over 4,000 prisoners under a presidential amnesty that authorities say will help ease congestion in some overcrowded jails. About 800 prisoners were released Wednesday from Harare Central Prison and Chikurubi Maximum Prison in the capital, Harare. Prison official Marvis Dzimbanete thanked President Emmerson Mnangagwa for the release. Former prisoners have in the past complained about overcrowding and other harsh conditions such as lack of food and proper health care.

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