A Venezuelan government official announced Monday that approximately 2,200 individuals have been freed from the country’s prison system following the launch of a new amnesty program.
Jorge Arreaza, who heads the commission responsible for overseeing the amnesty law’s implementation, confirmed the prisoner releases. The legislation officially went into effect this past Friday.
Arreaza serves as the chairman of the monitoring body established to track how the new law is being carried out across Venezuela’s correctional facilities.
