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    "content": "What we did realise is that Langata Women Prison appears to be a model institution in the country in terms of congestion. There was not much congestion. There are quite a number of facilities as a result of contributions from NGOs, particularly Faraja Trust. It has done a fantastic job. It has pumped in a lot of money. It has also provided quite a number of facilities. It is one of the penal institutions in this country that has beds and mattresses. Generally, the conditions at this institution are habitable. One critical aspect that is looming large in that institution is on the state of security. This is because part of the land of the prison has been grabbed by outsiders. The mode of grabbing took an approach where prison bosses wrote letters to the Commissioner of Lands to the effect that they did not need that particular piece of land. This gave outsiders and other groups, the opportunity to seize land that is adjacent to the prison. As a result of that, a number of structures have come up. These structures are posing serious security risks. There are some high-rise buildings just overlooking the wards where the convicts live. This poses a serious security risk because it is very easy for outsiders, if they have evil designs, to organize for rescue operations for hardcore criminals. This is can be possible if those criminals are connected outside. They can even organize petrol bombing of the institution. The Committee, therefore, suggest very strongly that this issue be looked into and prison authorities consider undertaking surveillance system through CCTV instead of the normal physical surveillance by warders around the institution."
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