- In a bid to accommodate remissions for inmates with special needs following the issuance of Law No. 22 of 2022 on Corrections, the Minister of Law and Human Rights ("Minister") has issued Regulation No. 16 of 2023 as the third amendment ("Third Amendment") to Regulation of the Minister No. 3 of 2018 on Requirements and Procedures for the Granting of Remissions, Assimilations, Home Leave, Conditional Discharges, Parole and Furlough ("Regulation 3/2018"), which has been in force since 4 April 2023.
- The Third Amendment introduces no significant changes in terms of the types of inmates that are entitled to enjoy humanitarian remissions, which include inmates that meet the following criteria: 1) Have been sentenced with imprisonment period maximum of one year; 2) Are over 70 years of age; and/or 3) Are suffering from prolonged illnesses. Said remissions will be granted on relevant days (i.e. during National Elderly Day for inmates who are over 70 years of age and during National Health Day for inmates who have prolonged illnesses). Said granting must first be proposed through the presentation of relevant documentation or evidence indicating that the inmates in question are indeed entitled to receive said humanitarian remissions (e.g. statement letters issued by relevant authorities or doctors).
- Under the Third Amendment, however, each of the above-described humanitarian remissions will now be granted in periods that are equivalent to the general remissions that were granted during the past year. In this regard, prior to the issuance of the Third Amendment, several prerequisites that had to be met in relation to said humanitarian remissions periods were addressed that no longer feature under the Third Amendment, including: 1) Granted humanitarian remissions periods were equivalent to the general remissions that were granted for the ongoing year; and 2) If an inmate had fulfilled more than one of the criteria outlined above for the granting of humanitarian remissions, then only one set of grounds could be chosen for granted remissions.
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