President Uhuru Kenyatta is expected to sign the Kenya Prisons Enterprise Corporation Order, 2018, setting the stage for penitentiaries to unlock their revenue potential.

State House said on Tuesday that the Executive order will establish the Kenya Prisons Enterprise Corporation - a State body mandated to expand the scope of the prisons work programs.

The ultimately goal will be to turn the correctional institutions into a reformative and financially self-sustaining entity.

The new corporation will also contribute to the realisation of President Kenyatta’s Big 4 Agenda, particularly food security, affordable housing, and manufacturing.

In this regard, it will be mandated to organise and manage the assets of the Prisons Department, including 86 prison farms covering 18,225.9 acres of land.

This is why the US has the highest prison population.The motive for imprisoning changes from reform to profit so this is a dark path Kenya is taking.

Kenyan prisons are still operated like colonial concentration camps except for the odd reforms driven by empathetic wardens.

It's time to institutionalize reforms and address congestion, nutrition, health of prisoners and recidivism. If someone goes to prison let him/ her come out a better person.

Reforms in Public Universities, KWS and KFS worked for the better. Why not in prisons?

This sounds like your area. And I am with you 100%. But knowing Jubilee, we have a valid reason to be skeptical. Jubilee has never done anything out of altruism. Its all about how much they can grab from the deal. The boss and family are into state capture. The deputy is into primitive accumulation and looting.

I would not be surprised that the first deal the new corporation will sign will be with KOTO and C-max cleverly aligned to building houses under the big 4.