There’s something called a “safe prison,” believe it or not. Unfortunately, we’re not going to include them in this list. In “correctional facilities,” where riots are common practice, murder and rape are normalized, and torture is something carried out for kicks.
Prisons aim to rehabilitate people who have committed wrongdoing in society. Nobody is born a criminal; certain situations awaken a person’s darkness and evil, transforming them into a “monster.”
How bad are Kenyan prisons?
Many Prisons in Kenya are overcrowded, as you will discover as you read on. Cells designed to hold only ten criminals have been reported to hold more than 100 inmates at once. One would expect the prison personnel to be strict with convicts, but who realized that the level of harshness would be so intense that these officers would murder, rape, and torture inmates because of their sadist persona?
In this article, Times Digital will be taking a look at the top 3 most dangerous prisons in Kenya.
Kodiaga GK Prison
Kodiaga GK Prison, perched atop Kisumu’s Riat Hills, is a hellhole even for the most strenuous convict. Being jailed at Kodiaga is a horrendous ordeal, with frequent torment, malnutrition, and murder. If suicide does not kill you, fellow convicts will. Detainees characterise the institution, which has over 3,000 prisoners, more than double its capacity, as one of the worst places to be held. Due to its nasty, sanity-destroying environment, it has one of Kenya’s worst suicide rates.
The inmates are housed in dormitory rooms with roofs that leak whenever it rains. There is also a lack of food, and jailbirds sleep on tattered mattresses with worn blankets shared among them due to a shortage of sleeping materials.
Kamiti Prison
Instances in which inmates have been deprived of vital supplies such as water or medication or have tragically died are very disturbing. Despite continued attempts, Kamiti Prison, which is infamous for its high level of danger, continues to struggle with adequately rehabilitating its inmates.
Precise statistics on killings and offences are kept strictly confidential. Former criminal John Kiriamiti described this prison as a place of tremendous misery, and it keeps some of Kenya’s most notorious individuals behind its formidable concrete walls. Any misstep or altercation within the Kamiti walls can have serious consequences, including death.
The Kakamega prison
The Kakamega prison, built by the British government in 1932, has more than 1,205 inmates. Here, like Kamiti, the prisoners sleep on old, tattered mattresses. It is also said that the inmates tear mattresses to use them as tissue paper because of a shortage of toiletries.
