Release prisoners during holidays

A FEW months ago the Correctional Service commissioner, when acting, made mentioned a few interesting figures and statistics regarding the number of prisoners held behind bars across PNG.
If I can recall, the figure was around 5,000.
From this figures, one would guess the highest would be in Bomana and Buimo.
If the comissioner released factual figures then we can work out the mammoth task our hard working CS officers are doing to look after our prisoners.
From a layman’s point of view, say in a month, the percentage and ratio of prisoners being released will be less than prisoners going in.
Correction can be made here but a good guess would be 15 prisoners release (complete their terms) and 100 locked up (sentenced).
If this figure is accurate, then the CS budget will continue to increase every year to ensure the prisoners are taken care of and CS officers are properly compensated for their good effort.
The point is, these prisoners behind bars are fathers who have a family outside, mothers who have husbands and children outside, juvenile who have parents and siblings.
From reported interviews and admission, after someone was convicted and jailed, they admit their crimes and are willing to make changes.
The word regret is not in my vocabulary as it underpins what a prisoner has done to get behind bars.
I would class that as a bad judgment or bad decision that one would have made to get him convicted.
Now, there are two famous phrases that are being echoed and mentioned by our leaders, the Prime Minister James Marape (Kisim bek PNG) and our good Morobe governor (Kisim bek Morobe).
These two great leaders are the front men of Pangu Pati and a bill has passed to address the above issue under their watch.
The term will go a long way and will be remembered by our coming generations after these people have gone. My proposal and view would be, a current sitting member of parliament to introduce through the private member’s bill, to give powers to only the 22 or so provincial governors to release state prisoners on clemency only on three holiday such as:

On Christmas day (As a Christmas present to their loves one)
on Easter (as a remembrance of our lord Jesus Christ)
On Independence (as a present to commemorate our self-governance)

A simple math would be, if a governor releases, say 10 prisoners, on a different holiday, in a year he would have released 30 prisoners.
And before his term ends, he would have let 150 Papua New Guineans out the main gate.
If 20 governors do the same figures, then we would have less 600 prisoners in total across PNG and 3,000 before their term ends.
This figures sounds good.
By doing this, we will turn the percentage ratio of more being released than sentenced and the CS officers will have more time to do other things and have better control while saving resources.
I believe there are prisoners who have health issues, are old and others who has done half their time for the crime they have committed.
They are no longer a threat to the community.
Off course, the parole board can still continue with the procedures that has been in place.
This would be a mandated task for only governors as the head of each province to appreciate what the people are doing and compensate them by releasing them to their loves ones on this holidays.

Big Leva – via email