almotamar.net - SANAA- Chairman of the Judiciary Higher Council Abdulwahab al-Samawi said on Thursday the number of prisoners to be released in accordance with reports of field committees for inspection and the decision of president Ali Abdullah Saleh is 1063 prisoners added to them 180 prisoners who have been set free already after receiving financial assistance from philanthropists and thus the number reaches 1340.

Al-Samawi added in a statement to 26 September newspaper the number is getting higher because there will be added the number of those the president of the republic will help them as part of his every year gesture in the release of the insolvent prisoners and those who have spent three quarters of their sentence period.
Committees of field inspection have been formed pursuant to presidential directives to visit prisons and get acquainted with conditions of prisoners and the needy of them in order to tackle their situations.