Justice ministry releases 186 prisoners from Iraqi jails

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: The Iraqi justice ministry’s reformatory department on Thursday released 186 prisoners from its jails in Baghdad and other provinces after they were acquitted by Iraqi courts, a ministry’s official source said. “A total 186 imprisoned on charges of involvement in armed operations, murder and robbery were released for lack of sufficient evidence to indict them,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. The reformatory department has 32 jails in Baghdad and other provinces of Iraq, including the Iraqi Kurdistan region. Three of those jails in Baghdad, Thi-Qar and al-Muthanna are for women. AmR (P) 2