The Government of Nicaragua, through the Ministry of the Interior, ordered this Friday to release 1,150 common prisoners with a final sentence so that they can live in a regimen of family coexistence in their homes.
Those deprived of liberty received the legal benefit of release under the family cohabitation regime during a ceremony held at the headquarters of the National Penitentiary System, in the city of Tipitapa, neighboring Managua, known as “La Modelo”, the largest prison in Nicaragua, as well as in six other prisons.
The beneficiaries of returning to their homes are 1,059 men and 91 women who were held in 7 prisons in Nicaragua, the Ministry of the Interior indicated in a public statement.
Of the 1,150 prisoners released, 552 were held in “La Modelo”, 194 in the Granada prison (east), 153 in Chinandega (west), 98 in Matagalpa (north), 66 in Juigalpa (center), 56 in Estelí ( north) and 31 in Bluefields (southern Caribbean).
The convicts were handed over to their relatives amid ceremonies that concluded when the beneficiaries signed their conditional release letter and raised the document above their heads.
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At least 3,450 common prisoners have been sent home in Nicaragua so far in 2022.
Between 2014 and 2021, the Nicaraguan government released 33,690 prisoners from prison, for an annual average of 4,812 parole orders decreed directly by the Executive.
The Government of Daniel Ortega usually grants parole to common criminals on the occasion of Easter, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, on the anniversary of the Sandinista revolution and on Christmas holidays.
The release of common criminals before serving their sentences has been criticized by feminist organizations, such as the Women’s Network against Violence, on the grounds that behind these benefits there is an increase in femicides and crime in general in Nicaragua. EFE
