The President Samia Suluhu Hassan has pardoned 5,001 prisoners who were serving various sentences in different correction facilities across the country.
Of these prisoners, 1,516 have been released after a quarter of their sentence was reduced in lieu of a standard one-third reduction under the provisions of the Prisons Act chapter 58.
Other 3,485 inmates have had their sentences reduced by a quarter under section 49 (1) of the Prisons Act chapter 58.
