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Officials warm up to private prisons after learning tour
Brian Waswa Buyela with his family when they visited him at Kamiti Prison during a recent open day at the institution. The Prisons Department is seeking ways to decongest jails. File
The Prisons Service officials have completed two learning visits on how private prisons operate in South Africa and Britain, as the country gears up to ease congestion and improve jails.
Kenya’s prison population is 49,000 but the official capacity is 22,000, the senior deputy commissioner of Prisons, Benjamin Njoga told the Business Daily. “The option of private prisons is an idea that has been explored and accepted here, and we plan to bring it on board,” said Mr Njoga.
