Iran has now temporarily sent home 85,000 inmates over coronavirus fears

in #iran5 years ago

Iran’s effort to free up overcrowded prisons from non-critical inmates has seen 85,000 people going home for leave. The measure is meant to prevent an outbreak of coronavirus in the penitentiary system.

“Some 50% of those released are security-related prisoners... Also in the jails we have taken precautionary measures to confront the outbreak,” judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein Esmaili said, as cited by Reuters.

The number of people granted furlough has increased by 15,000 compared to last week. The Middle Eastern country reported 14,991 confirmed cases of the Covid-19 infection as of Monday, with the death toll standing at 853.

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Do they still keep track on them or it's like Justice is being serve...

covid disaster for citizens.

Good post

Nice post

very trusting, i like it. better than most countries. they are put under danger by change of prison guards and the behavior of prison guards.