Releasing of convicted criminals will not increase crime rate, says Zuhair
28 Jul 2011, 5:20 PM
Ahmed Nazeer
The impending release of close to 400 convicts will not result in a spike of crime rates in Male’, Press Secretary for the President Mohamed Zuhair insisted today, citing research conducted over the past few years.
Zuhair explained that based on the screening process the 400 prisoners to be pardoned were unlikely to become repeat offenders.
“Our statistics show that there will be nearly 400 convicted criminals that have been granted a second chance,” Zuhair said. “Out of the 119 people released on a previous occasion only two people had to be taken back to prison for committing an offence.”
Zuhair added that the inmates will be released on the condition that they would be returned to prison to complete the rest of their sentences if they committed any sort of offence in the next three years.
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