The Chair of the Human Rights and Civil Integration Committee, Mikheil Sarjveladze and the First Deputy, Aluda Gudushauri met the prisoners released by amnesty at Gldani Penitentiary Department N8.

MPs congratulated the prisoners on the start of a new life. According to M. Sarjveladze, amnesty is a demonstration of humanity by the state and when people leave the prison with new hopes for a new life, it brings special emotions. “Hence, we will keep striving to do more for the rehabilitation and re-socialization of the prisoners. These are the people facing certain problems with the law but it does not mean that they shall be deprived of a second chance to be re-integrated into the society. So, is it amnesty or any other means facilitating resocialization, it will always be supported by the Government and the society”, - he added.

The Law on Amnesty reduces the imprisonment term for the inmates who were detained during the pandemic and had to serve their sentence under the restrictions.

“When the rendezvous was restricted, it complicated the situation for the inmates and thus, to compensate for these complications, we made a decision on amnesty. It implied the reduction of the imprisonment term identical to the restrictions under the pandemic”.

There are 3 categories of the prisoners that fall under the application of the Law in a different manner: persons with up to 2 years of detention will enjoy the term reduced by 45 days; aged persons, women and juveniles – 105 days; and persons with more than 2 years of the detention term – 75 days.