Riot at Kamiti prison as inmates resist contraband mop-up
Chaos and violent confrontation rocked Kamiti Maximum Prison on Monday morning as warders mopped up contraband in cells.
Sources said that trouble started after some inmates resisted surrender of contraband.
The prison's spokesperson Mr Dickson Mwakazi told the Nation that some prisoners refused to take their morning porridge in protest.
PROTEST
When Nation visited the facility, warders could be seen moving around in anti-riot gear.
Some prison officers patrolled with guard dogs while others were on horsebacks.
Prison visits have been suspended and visitors who were already at Kamiti were asked to leave.
"The situation is bad," an officer manning the facility told Nation.
CONTRABAND
Kamiti is Kenya’s biggest maximum security prison with cameras and hawk-eyed guards who screen people, vehicles and goods entering the correctional facility.
But criminals still sneak contraband into the facility in a racket suspected to involve warders and managers.
In past mop-ups, prison officers seized laptops, internet modems, sim cards and mobile phones— tools that inmates use to swindle unsuspecting members of the public.
Other contraband include cigarettes, hard drugs, knives and daggers curved from iron rods, electric cookers and coils and razor blades.
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