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Motherhood behind bars

A day care attendant at the Nakuru Women Prison feeds children during lunch break.JANUARY 31, 2017. PHOTO BY MERCY KAHENDA

Prison is the one place where no person of sound mind would willingly set foot and make it their new home. However, for little children whose mothers have been incarcerated, prison becomes their new abode as they stay within the premises — keeping their jailed mothers company.

At the Nakuru Women Prison, authorities there ensured they provide mothers ample time to bond with their children by creating a home away from home experience for them.

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