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PAROLE

THE Department of Correctional Services says 17 922 sentenced offenders have qualified for the Covid-19 Special Parole Dispensation, not 19 000 as predicted.

The portfolio committee on justice and correctional services was briefed by the department on the release of prisoners to ease pressure on prisons during the pandemic.

A sentenced offender who reaches their minimum detention periods within 60 months from April 27 last year qualified. As of April this year, 13 989 offenders were released. | Political Bureau

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