COLOMBO  A selected group of 350 prisoners serving sentences for minor offences in prisons islandwide have been chosen for  released Thursday , Sept. (12) to mark the Prisoners’ Day,  the Prison’s Spokesman and Prison Commissioner Gamini B. Dissanayake.

He stated that the prisoners in question, selected from prisons across the country based on conditions, will be released on a state pardon through powers vested with the President.