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Prisons are no daycare centres: The plight of inmates raising children behind bars

Chief Administrative Secretary Interior Ministry Winnie Guchu when she officially opened a daycare center at the Lang'ata Women's Prison.[Muriithi Mugo,Standard]

Nancy Chepkoech is serving a jail term at the Nakuru GK Female Prison alongside her three-year-old son Felix Kipkemoi. When Health & Science paid her a visit, she was busy helping out with school assignments.

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