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Prisoners in Kenya could be allowed home visits

By Kamau Maichuhie | Aug. 31, 2015
Kenya Prisons Staff Training recruits follow the proceedings during the Kenyatta University's Matriculation ceremony of the Kenya Prisons Service Cadets & Recruits at the Prisons Staff Training College, Ruiru. Kenyatta University's Vice Chancellor Olive Mugenda and Commissioner General of Prisons Isaiah Osogo presided over the ceremony. PHOTO: ELVIS OGINA/STANDARD

NAIROBI: Prisoners might soon be allowed time out to meet with friends and relatives, the Commissioner General of Prisons Isaiah Osugo has revealed.

Mr Osugo said, under the plan, the inmates will be allowed to leave the facilities and return once their assigned days are over.

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