Kiambu OCPD Stephen Ng'etich has asked the society to accept inmates who have completed their sentences and offer them support despite their previous crimes.
Speaking in his office on Monday, the police boss said that residents still reject ex-prisoners when they get back to the society.
He said stigma was the main problem facing those who finish their sentence, adding that prison as an institution, works hard to rehabilitate inmates by ensuring they come out as reformed people.
Ng'etich said that rejecting those who have finished their sentences further affected them adding that society should receive civic education on how to handle such people and accept them back in the community.
“When we receive inmates from our courts we try to counsel them so that they can accept themselves in their new home in our prisons and make sure hey can serve their term at peace,” said Ng'etich.
He further said that while in prison, inmates undergo training and acquire skills that will enable them earn a living once they finish the sentence.
The police boss said inmates undergo spiritual healing which helps them avoid engaging in crime once they are released.
“For any inmate to be released from prison, he or she has to go through three stages. The final stage is the special trustee stage where the inmates go through the review committee that oversees their progress in prison,” he said.
Ng'etich said some of them after showing remorsefulness and change of behaviour are recommended by a select committee to be released before they finish their sentence.