While saying she expects life to be tough outside prison, one of the inmates Mwai Majid has expressed joy that she has at least escaped more danger in the congested prison.

Maula Prison station officer, Senior Superintendent Ibrahim Sinde says the move has eased the institution’s common space and food challenges, but specifically so on the spread of the pandemic.

By Saturday, Maula Prison held 2,806 inmates in its cells, against its 1,200 holding capacity.

The program which is releasing the clinically ill and that were destined for release within the year, is expected to release 1,800 prisoners nationwide