Prisons are known as places almost similar to hell and are characterised by tough living conditions and isolation from the world making them a dreaded place.
However, some ex-convicts are now painting a different image of the correctional facilities, with some likening then to a paradise where they would be willing to return to escape their freedom.
Among them is Calvin Yogo, who served five years for defilement at the Kamiti Maximum Prison. He says that he feels threatened after his release, and feels safer in prison.
"My family chased me from home. I am homeless, they even threatened to kill me," he told the Star on Wednesday.
He added that though life in prison is hard, one gets used to it with time, claiming that he misses prison.
Peter Nzau was released from prison in May 2019, after seven years at Kitengela Prison, after his conviction for the murder of his brother in 2012.
He says that though he has changed, society has rejected him.
Also, nobody can trust him with a job now that he is a carpenter, skills he learnt in prison.
He says that he is now forced to sleep hungry, which was never the case when he was in prison.
"I was written off, employers cannot trust me. I am suffering out here. I have to sleep hungry which never happened while I was n prison," he says.
Kitengela Social Welfare officer Patrick Marindanyi confirmed their lamentations, saying that a number of ex-inmates are not welcomed back by the society after release.
Kenya has a total of 105 prisms which hold a total of 57,000 inmates, both convicts and demandees.