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Morocco adopts bill on alternative sentences to reduce congestion in prisons

The upper and lower houses of the Moroccan parliament have both approved a bill that introduces alternative sentences with the aim of reducing overpopulation in Morocco’s prisons. The bill was advocated by the government as a solution to overcrowded Moroccan prisons. The prison population in Morocco surpassed 158% of capacity across the country’s 76 prisons, […]