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Kenya

The prisons, jails and police of Kenya

This page lists 42 places of detention and 457 law enforcement agencies in Kenya. The Kenya Prisons Service runs the country's main, medium and women's prisons, as well as borstal institutions for young offenders. They include 456 police stations, 36 prisons and 3 women's prisons. 1 entry has a telephone number on record; for the others, the address and map location are given. The busiest county is Nairobi (107 entries). Choose one of 46 counties to see every facility with its address and telephone.

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Composition

What the atlas holds here

456Police stations
36Prisons
3Women's prisons
3Remand prisons
1Border police
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Prisons & jails

42 facilities

42 entries
Eldoret PrisonsPrisonMoibenUasin Gishu—
Embu PrisonsPrisonManyattaEmbu—
G. K. PrisonPrisonHoma Bay—
G.K. Kwale Main PrisonPrisonMatugaKwale—
GK Kiambu PrisonsPrisonKiambu—
GK prison kapenguriaPrisonKapenguriaWest Pokot—
GK Prison KitalePrisonSabotiTrans Nzoia—
Hola GK PrisonPrisonGaloleTana River—
Jamhuri short sentence prisonPrisonKibraNairobi—
Kamiti Maximum Security PrisonPrisonRoysambuNairobi—
Kenya prison isioloPrisonIsiolo NorthIsiolo—
Kibos Maximum security PrisonPrisonKisumu EastKisumu—
Kilifi PrisonPrisonKilifi NorthKilifi—
King'orani prisonPrisonMvitaMombasa—
King`ong`o PrisonKing'ong'oPrisonNyeri TownNyeri—
Kisii main GK prisonPrisonNyaribari ChacheKisii—
Kisumu maximum security prisonPrisonKisumu WestKisumu—
Kitui PrisonPrisonKitui CentralKitui—
Kodiaga PrisonPrisonKisumu WestKisumu—
Langata Womens Maximum security PrisonWomen's prisonLangataNairobi—
Lodwar GK PrisonPrisonTurkana CentralTurkana—
Machakos Prison GroundsPrisonMachakos TownMachakos—
Makueni Remand PrisonRemand prisonMakueni—
Mandera GK PrisonPrisonMandera EastMandera—
Manyani GK Maximum Security PrisonPrisonVoiTaita Taveta—
Nairobi Remand & Allocation Maximum security prisonRemand prisonStareheNairobi+254 20 6557295
Nairobi west prisonPrisonLangataNairobi—
Naivasha GK Maximum security prisonPrisonNaivashaNakuru—
Nakuru GK women's prisonWomen's prisonNakuru Town WestNakuru—
Nanyuki prisonPrisonLaikipia WestLaikipia—
Narok PrisonPrisonNarok NorthNarok—
Ngosini-East Detention CampPrisonMakueni—
Ngosini-West Detention CampPrisonMakueni—
Nyeri Maximum security prisonPrisonNyeri TownNyeri—
Rachuonyo G.K PrisonPrisonKarachuonyoHoma Bay—
Shikusa PrisonPrisonShinyaluKakamega—
Shimo la TewaPrisonStareheNairobi—
Shimo La Tewa Maximum security PrisonPrisonKisauniMombasa—
Shimo la tewa medium prisonPrisonKisauniMombasa—
Thika Women and Mens PrisonsWomen's prisonThika TownKiambu—
Voi Remand prisonRemand prisonVoiTaita Taveta—
Wundanyi GK PrisonPrisonWundanyiTaita Taveta—
Questions

Frequently asked

How many places of detention does Kenya have?

The atlas lists 42 prisons, jails and detention centres in Kenya, including 36 prisons and 3 women's prisons.

Which police agencies serve Kenya?

457 police units are listed for Kenya: 456 police stations and 1 border police.

Can I look up a prisoner in Kenya?

Public inmate lists are generally not published in Kenya. Contact the facility or the Kenya Prisons Service, using the address and telephone on each facility page.

Which county has the most facilities?

Nairobi, with 6 prisons and jails and 101 police units.

Are telephone numbers available for these facilities?

Yes for 1 entry of 42. Where a number is missing, the facility page shows its address and map location; details can change, so the agency's own website is the authority.

Which authority is responsible for prisons in Kenya?

The Kenya Prisons Service is responsible for them. The regions below list every establishment it runs, along with the police units in each area.

Are there women's, youth or remand facilities in Kenya?

The atlas lists 3 women's prisons and 3 remand prisons here. Each has its own page with the address and, where published, a phone number.

Where are most of the prisons in Kenya?

Nairobi has the most, with 2 places of detention in the atlas, out of 9 towns with at least one.

How are the listings for Kenya organised?

The atlas files Kenya by county, following official administrative boundaries; 46 counties currently have entries. Every facility is listed in the county where it is located; Nairobi is the largest by number of entries.

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