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Borstal institutions lack key facilities to mentor minors

Shikusa Borstal Prison for juvenile offenders aged 15-18 years. [Duncan Ocholla].

More than 50 years since the first borstal institution was opened in Kenya to care for young offenders, lack of staff and poor infrastructure remain a challenge.

The two borstal institutions in the country, Shimo la Tewa in Coast and Shikusa in Kakamega, were established by an Act of Parliament (Chapter 92) to rehabilitate children who had committed serious offenses but were too young to be placed with adults in regular prisons.

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