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15,000 detainees freed to decongest jails amid Covid-19 pandemic

15,000 detainees freed to decongest jails amid Covid-19 pandemic

Jul 3, 2020 | Nation

More than 15,000 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) have been freed from March 17 to June 22 in an effort to decongest jail facilities amid the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) crisis. The PDLs were released “by authority of the courts with some released in...

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