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Child offenders battle stigma after leaving Kenya's prison

By LILLIAN ALUANGA-DELVAUX

NAIROBI, KENYA: Eighteen-year-old Martin Bosire* has a dark secret he hopes no one outside his family will ever find out: He is a former inmate of a youth prison.

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