Dar es Salaam, Feb. 1 -- MARA: MORE than 5,000 inmates in Musoma Prison have benefited from the parole system since 2002.

The beneficiaries, totalling 5,082 are among the 5,773 inmates who were initially proposed to benefit from the system.

Prison Legal Officer, Mr Justine Idephonce, revealed that during the on-going Legal Week commemorations in Mara Region.

According to him, parole system is the right of any obedient inmate to be released before serving his/her whole jail term and finish the remaining period outside the prison, under certain agreements.

The system is designed for inmates serving a jail term of five years or more. However, to qualify as a beneficiary, an inmate must have already served at least one-third of their sent...