24 prisoners out of 111 who have been serving their jail terms at Kisii main prison were on Friday released in the government plans to decongest prisons.
The 6 men and 18 women were released because they were jailed for committing petty offenses after they failed to pay fines and bonds.
Speaking when he presided over their release, Kisii county director of probation Zachary Maroko said the prisoners will serve the remaining jail term outside of prison.
“We are releasing 24 prisoners today out of the 111 prisoners who were listed to be released so that they can serve the remaining jail outside prison. We believe the prisoners will be good citizens in the society failure to which they will be brought back again,” said Maroko.
Maroko said the remaining 87 prisoners were transferred to other prisons but will be brought back to Kisii main prison to be released.
“The 87 prisoners will be released at a later date because they were taken to other prisons outside Kisii County. We have started plans to have them back so that they can be released and join their family members,” assured Maroko.
He warned that any prison who will continue engaging in crime will not be spared again.