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Iraq: justice minister says prisons are at double their capacity as amnesty law takes effect
As a general amnesty law takes effect, the country’s prisons are facing a crisis of overcrowding, housing more than double their intended capacity, the country’s justice minister said in an interview.
Source: ap news (05/05/2025)