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Over 14,000 prisoners released to decongest prisons

PS Correctional Services Zeinab Hussein with Chief Administrative Secretary, Interior Winnie Guchu (C) join Commissioner General of Prisons Wycliffe Ogalo during a tour of Naivasha GK prison. [Antony Gitonga, Standard]

The government has released over 14,000 inmates as part of the ongoing program to decongest prisons in the wake of an upsurge in Covid-19 cases.

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