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Colombo, May 12 (Daily Mirror) - The Department of Prisons today released 388 inmates from countrywide prisons on a special pardon granted by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake in line with the Vesak Full Moon Poya Day.
Therefore, 384 male inmates with four female inmates serving time for minor offences have been granted a special pardon, Prisons Spokesperson Commissioner Gamini B. Dissanayake announced.
The Prisons Department has also facilitated special arrangements permitting open visits for inmates of all the prisons islandwide in view of the Vesak festival, which will be in effect today and tomorrow (13).