As of Jun. 5, there are 400 prisoners released under the general amnesty granted on occasion of the 20th anniversary of Armenia’s independence by Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan on May 20 then approved by parliament on May 26.
The RA Ministry of Justice’s penal institutions department listed the number of those released per penitentiary as follows:
Nubarashen: 43
Erebuni: 91
Vardashen: 30 released, 1 sentence shortened
Hospital for Detainees: 24 released, 3 sentences shortened
Erevan Kentron (“Center”): 0 (there are no prisoners subject to release)
Artik: 42
Vanadzor: 14
Sevan: 48
Hrazdan: 19
Abovyan: 1 released, 3 sentences shortened
Goris: 11
Kosh: 77