Simplify the following text for a Grade 9 native English-speaking person.
Original: An extensive general pardon , one of his first acts as a president , was an attempt to both lessen the pressure in overcrowded prisons and release those who may have been falsely imprisoned during the Communist era .
Simplified: One of his first acts as a president was an extensive general pardon . He wanted to both reduce the pressure in overcrowded prisons and release those who may have been falsely imprisoned during the Communist era .