187 persons in Kosovo released from prison

The year 2018 has also smiled on many prisoners who have been able to be released on parole during different periods of the year

Co-ordinator of the Kusht Freedom Panel, Bedri Duraku, has indicated they have reviewed 452 requests from the convicts this year.

January 1st 2018 to December 31, 2018, this panel has accepted a total of 452 cases of parole review. A total of 410 cases of convicted persons as follows have been considered: There are 187 cases of liquidation; With a refusalal decision, there are 196 cases; The screening procedures have ceased for 24 cases; The demands have been rejected as unacceptable in 3 cases”, he said.

According to him, there have been no problems during this process, while adding that in January, the remaining 42 cases will be considered.

He further mentioned that following the introduction of the Criminal Code has had positive effects on this Panel.

The parole institution was from entering the Penal Code barrel, and then the Law for Execution of Criminal Sanctions is significantly advanced, and it is noteworthy that convicted persons are allowed to have greater access within the criteria used by the panel during their deployment. The Condition Freedom Panel is using appropriate criteria for persons convicted with the aim of correcting and re-socialising them, and is positively influencing the process of reintegration of convicted persons into the family and social circle”, Duraku points out.

Under Kosovo law a convicted criminal offence for which the sentence of at least five years is envisioned could be released on bail after it holds two-thirds of its pronounced sentence. For other criminal acts, the convicted person may be released on parole after he holds half the sentence pronounced. /Okéu. com