- Regarding the information presented through media about the eventual release of prisoners by virtue of the sanitary emergency decreed by the National Government to tackle the spread of coronavirus, the Office of the Attorney General created a high-level internal committee headed by the Attorney General and the Deputy Attorney General that will evaluate the proposals and deliver remarks that contribute to the spirit of this initiative.
2. In the context of the committee, the Office of the Attorney General is analyzing cases of release of inmates which have taken place in other countries affected by the coronavirus, with the aim of proposing the best practices regarding this situation that Colombia is also facing.
3. The Office of the Attorney General´s technical committee will draw up recommendations about the initiative of release next week and will be discussed with the Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice (Sala Penal de la Corte Suprema de Justicia), the Superior Council of the Judiciary (Consejo Superior de la Judicatura), presidents of the High Courts and the Ministry of Justice.
4. All the staff of Office of the Attorney General who is led by Attorney General, Francisco Barbosa Delgado, contribute to overcoming the difficulties that arise when administering justice amid the sanitary emergency.
The Office of the Attorney General makes this information public for reasons of general interest.