Those 25 years of Independence will bring the much-awaited freedom to about 1,700 detainees. Their files will be considered cautiously, as every application will be analyzed individually.

Amnesty will be granted to 1,700 prisoners, as 400 will be freed on parole.

"No amnesty will be granted to the people sentenced to life terms or to the ones having committed sever felonies. Anyway the court will make the final decision," said an official of the Penitentiary Institutions Department, Ion Rusu. 

The feed detainees will get by 1,000 lei ($50.)  There are over 6,000 people in Moldova’s jails.