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Uninhabitable places prison warders, officers call home

A single house partitioned with carton boxes, polythene paper bags, sheets and manila papers to accommodate  prison officers at Nakuru GK prison. (Photo:Kipsang Joseph/Standard)

Thousands of prison warders and officers still live in deplorable conditions.

At Nakuru GK Prison, warders live in houses that are often affected by floods. And with the roofs leaking, the officers are at risk of contracting pneumonia.

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