Another 133,000 are in prison awaiting the conclusion of their cases, pushing the in-mates population to about 223,000. Kenya’s 120 prisons have about 90,000 prisoners, 60 per cent of them serving terms of between one month and two years. Another 133,000 are in prison awaiting the conclusion of their cases, pushing the in-mates population to about 223,000. PROSECUTIONTo decongest prisons, the Prosecution could use plea bargaining to drop petty cases and exempt petty offenders from the trial process. Human rights organisations, the Law Society of Kenya and the Office of the Director of Public Prosecution should hire lawyers to represent poor inmates with pending cases.

Source: Daily Nation December 30, 2017 16:30 UTC