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The schedule of the visits were set to be during the period between November 16 and December 5, the statement added.
This exceptional visit can be enjoyed on any day between Tuesday, 23 July, and Thursday, 22 August, without affecting the scheduled visitation days for the inmates.
All inmates will be granted two exceptional visits during Ramadan besides their scheduled visits, according to a Thursday statement by the Ministry of Interior.
Anyone who did not shed blood nor participated in acts of violence and terrorism would be released and those who served the time of pre-trial detention must be released immediately or referred to a trial.
Also, 518 persons have been granted a conditional release.
A number of 157 inmates have been pardoned, as part of the presidential pardon No. 52/2019, concerning the release of some inmates, after they serve part of their sentences.
The released group is part of a total of 6,925 prisoners and detained debtors, who were granted their freedom on January 25, 2019.
A presidential pardon issued on the eighth anniversary of January 25 Revolution, directing releasing 6,925 prisoners and detained debtors.
The death toll in a prison riot in northern Mexico has risen to 16 with the death of three more inmates, the Daily Mail reported.
