Prison system should correct, not punish, inmates

It may have escaped many people’s attention, but in the week when inaugural celebrations were held this year to mark the Prisoners’ Justice Day, Mr George Weraka, an inmate at Kamiti Maximum Security Prison, was reported to have committed suicide. My sincere condolences to his family and may he rest in peace.

Mr Weraka is alleged to have hanged himself in the night using his trousers and at the time of his death had reportedly been referred to hospital to be treated for depression.