Deputy President Kithure Kindiki wants Kenya's prisons to get smarter, faster. He has called on the State Department for Correctional Services to speed up the adoption of artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies across correctional institutions in the country.
The push is about more than just modernising infrastructure. Kindiki specifically wants AI integrated into efficiency, service delivery, and rehabilitation programmes, signalling a vision for correctional facilities that go beyond simply housing inmates.
Kenya joins a growing number of African nations looking at technology as a tool for criminal justice reform. How quickly the State Department moves on this directive, and what that looks like on the ground for staff and inmates alike, is the conversation worth watching.
Originally published by AllAfrica.