INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
total debt of the released prisoners was 40 trillion rials (about 40 million dollars), ISNA reported.Each year in Ramadan, officials and
benefactors hold gatherings and campaigns to raise money to help free prisoners of involuntary crimes
Also, 2,441 prisoners were pardoned during the same period, ISNA reported.The number of released prisoners has increased by 22 percent
Of the total released prisoners, 682 were female and 10,698 were male who were incarcerated due to inability to pay financial debts
provinces ranked first to third with releasing 1,088, 878, and 829 prisoners of involuntary crimes, respectively
Currently, there are 14,591 inmates of unintentional crimes nationwide
Tehran (with 2,536), Fars (with 1,331), and Isfahan (with 1,183) provinces have the highest number of prisoners of involuntary
crimes.Freeing prisoners of involuntary crimes is done in three ways
The first way is granting prisoners leave and the second way is providing a number of them with loans to be paid inside the prison
The third way of assistance is the release of unintentional convicts by paying their debt.MT/MG
This article first appeared/also appeared in Tehran Times
