358 Prisoners Released Under Amnesty as of Jun. 1

As of Jun. 1, there are 358 prisoners released under the general amnesty granted by Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan then declared by parliament last week on occasion of the 20th anniversary of Armenia’s independence.

The RA Ministry of Justice’s penal institutions department listed the number of those released per penitentiary as follows:

Nubarashen: 33

Erebuni: 84

Vardashen: 30 released, 1 sentence shortened

Hospital for Detainees: 23 released, 1 sentence shortened

Erevan Kentron (“Center”): 0 (there are no prisoners subject to release)

Artik: 35

Vanadzor: 14

Sevan: 40

Hrazdan: 17

Abovyan: 1 released, 3 sentences shortened

Goris: 11

Kosh: 70