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Kenya's female ex-prisoners: The challenge of life on the outside

One of the biggest challenges many former prisoners in Kenya face is stigma.

Life for female ex-inmates is almost as unbearable outside jail as behind bars, with many finding it difficult to get a job or integrate back into society. Worse still, some family members turn their backs on them.

Doreen Katwai of Q-TV Kenya hears some of the experiences of those incarcerated in Langata women's prison in Nairobi.

(Photo: 麻豆社)

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