Squatters eviction on 4,242 prisons land begins, says PS

The State Department of Correctional services has started evicting squatters who have encroached on 4,242 acres of Prisons land across the country.

The State Department of Correctional services has started evicting squatters who have encroached on 4,242 acres of Prisons land across the country.

Correctional Services Principal Secretary Salome Beacco said an inter-ministerial technical committee involving Lands ministry and the National Lands Commission has also been formed to aid in recovery of 102 title deeds for parcels of land belonging to prisons.

The PS said the Judiciary had been instrumental in expediting court cases which had in turn allowed her department to reclaim some grabbed land.