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Open prisons, work camps considered to ease overcrowding

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Friday, 6 November 2026 at 23:45
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Open prisons, work camps considered to ease overcrowding
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A Parliamentary committee is considering open prisons and work camps as measures to address prison overcrowding, alongside legal and administrative reforms aimed at reducing the number of inmates, Parliament sources said. The proposals were.

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  • —A Parliamentary committee is considering open prisons and work camps as measures to address prison overcrowding, alongside legal and administrative reforms aimed at reducing the number of inmates, Parliament sources said.
  • —The proposals were discussed when the Sectoral Oversight Committee on Governance, Justice and Civil Protection met at Parliament recently under the chairmanship of NPP [].
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