Peru frees 1,500 inmates serving minor sentences to contain spread of Covid19 in jam-packed prisons
A worker disinfects a woman before entering a place of business to refill her oxygen cylinder, amid the new coronavirus pandemic, in Lima, Peru, Friday, June12, 2020.
The announcement of the freeing of people serving time for minor offences was made in a weekend statement by Justice Minister Fernando Castaneda.Peru has the second-most coronavirus cases in Latin America after Brazil, reporting 229,736. It is third in deaths after Brazil and Mexico, with 6,688.Inmates protest overcrowding
The government says at least 212 inmates have died of Covid-19 and at least 67 are being treated for it in hospitals.
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