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More than 14,000 inmates freed in bid to stop Covid-19

Naivasha Maximum Security Prison

The main gate of the Naivasha Maximum Security Prison.

Photo credit: Macharia Mwangi | Nation Media Group

Kenya Prisons Department has freed more than 14,000 inmates in the last 12 months in an effort to stop the spread of coronavirus.

This was revealed by Correctional Services Principal Secretary Zainab Hussein (left) when she toured Naivasha Maximum Security Prison on Thursday.