Mandate
The Kenya Prisons Service is mandated by Caps 90 and 92 (Prisons and Borstal Acts), Laws of Kenya, to do the following:-
- Containment and keeping in safe custody of offenders.
- Rehabilitation and Reformation of offenders through training, counseling, Educational and professional Programmes.
- Facilitate administration of justice by producing offenders to Courts.
- Control and training of youthful offenders in Borstal and YCTC Institutions.
- Recruitment and Training of Prisons Manpower requirements.