Oscar pistorius will be released from South Africa prison after serving a 10-month sentence for killing his girlfriend
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In this Tuesday May, 20, 2014, file photo Oscar Pistorius outside the High Court in Pretoria, South Africa.
Acting National Commissioner of Correctional Services Zach Modise says that a prison committee recommended Pistorius be released from the prison in Pretoria after serving one sixth of his five-year sentence, or 10 months, for shooting girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
A decision by the parole board is pending.
Aug. 21 is 10 months since Pistorius was sentenced by a judge after being convicted of culpable homicide for killing Steenkamp.
Modise said the committee made the recommendation on the basis of the double-amputee Olympic athlete's good behavior in the jail in the South African capital, Pretoria.
Correctional Services spokesman Manelisi Wolela said the conditions of Pistorius' house arrest won't be made public.
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