Fred Matiang’i pledges sweeping reforms in prisons

Cabinet Secretaries Fred Matiang’i and Amina Mohammed distribute assorted items to inmates at the Naivasha Prison. [Antony Gitonga, Standard]

The government has embarked on sweeping reforms targeting penal and borstal institutions.

Under the programme, all prisons will be supplied with water while inmates will each get a mattress and a blanket, a move away from the tradition where sharing was the norm.