Parliament to vote on release of inmates with serious health problems

A rider sponsored by Justice Minister Haralambos Athanassiou will be voted in Parliament on Wednesday, allowing the release of inmates serving prison sentences of less than 10 years who suffer from multiple sclerosis, hemiplegia, paraplegia, have undergone heart or kidney transplant operation, have been diagnosed with cancer

or have tested HIV positive, it was announced on Sunday.

Female inmates, who have their underage children with them, will also be released, according to the rider.

For inmates to be eligible, they must have served at least two fifths of their sentence.

Inmates serving time for terrorism, pedophiles, as well as members of criminal organisations and those convicted of fraudulent acts against the state will be excluded from the measure.

Meanwhile, the justice ministry announced on Sunday that the Korydallos Prison «Agios Savvas» hospital will be reinforced with additional nursing staff.

Source: AMNA