| dc.description.abstract | This research paper is written to attempt and instigate a reform agenda for the
Kenya Prison Service. Kenya Prison has been a department of inertia that has been
besieged by many problems that have ranged from poor administrative policies,
poor infrastructure to lack of contemporary penal practices. This paper will address
a viable option of revamping the Prison Service through privatization by
contracting out prison services. This privatization will be addressed on the
following fronts: Propriety/Correctness of Prison Privatization, Cost of Prison
Privatization vs. Cost to the Kenyan Government, Quality of services to be offered
by privatizing, Quantity of services to be offered by privatizing, Flexibility of the
private service providers vs. The State, Security of the prison facilities, Issues on
liability, Issues on accountability, Corruption. This Research used a case study
approach. Qualitative data was employed and gathered majorly from academic
research. At the end of this paper the Government of Kenya via the Ministry of
Home Affairs will have a feasible solution to solving an endemic problem in the
Kenya Prisons Service that seems to have prevailed through the years with no end
in sight and an avenue towards penal reform in Kenya. | en_US |
