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Prisoners ask government to weed out radicalisation from Kenyan jails

Inmates making vehicle number plates at Kamiti Maximum Prison. (Photo:File/Standard)

NAIROBI: A petition filed at the National Assembly claims that Kenya's prisons are becoming havens of radicalisation by terrorists.

Prisoners are concerned that the correctional facilities could slowly be turning into safe havens for terrorists keen on spreading their radical ideology, and have sought the intervention of the House in stemming what they said is the misuse of prisons.

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