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Prisons

We decided to look at sections of data that we dont usually publish from the budget documents and Kenya Prison Services presents a good sample of the wealth of data in our budget books For this we will focus mostly on the prisons themselves but first lets look at Regional Commands.

Regional Commands

Regional Commands are incharge of several prisons and is also where the budget for paying prison staff is usually allocated. The budget allocations are huge because the largest expense in Prisons is Salaries

Num

Regional Command

Allocation

1

Rift Valley Regional Command

KES 7,037,517,831.00

2

Nairobi Regional Command

KES 5,178,217,661.00

3

Central Regional Command

KES 2,856,103,236.00

4

Nyanza Regional Command

KES 2,697,404,633.00

5

Eastern Regional Command

KES 2,597,725,396.00

6

Coast Regional Command

KES 2,578,550,843.00

7

Western Regional Command

KES 1,792,642,906.00

8

North Eastern Regional Command

KES 1,294,643,456.00

Regional Commands

Prison Allocations

Just how big are regional Commands compared to the rest of the allocations

Now without the Regional Commands

The full list of prisons according to the 2025 budget

Worth noting is that the 3 borstal prisons are now under the State Department for Children Welfare Services as of this budget and not Correctinal Services.

Maximum Prisons

Num

Prison

Allocation

1

Nairobi Remand & Allocation

KES 313,761,893.00

2

Naivasha MaximumPrison

KES 194,668,911.00

3

Kamiti Maximum Prison

KES 192,289,833.00

4

Kisumu Maximum Prison

KES 141,154,754.00

5

Shimo MaximumPrison

KES 125,593,980.00

6

Nyeri Maximum Prison

KES 108,113,838.00

7

Manyani MaximumPrison

KES 93,579,885.00

8

Langata Women Maximum

KES 77,458,579.00

9

Kibos MaximumPrison

KES 75,244,775.00

10

Kwale Main Prison

KES 32,573,042.00

11

Garissa Main Prison

KES 28,025,837.00

12

Hindi Main Prison

KES 16,868,907.00

Youth and Borstal Prisons

Num

Prison

Allocation

1

Shimo Borstal

KES 20,877,973.00

2

Shikusa Borstal

KES 19,950,504.00

3

Youth Corrective Training Centre (YCTC)

KES 13,567,341.00

4

Kamae Girls

KES 4,067,786.00

Medium and Other Districts Prisons

Num

Prison

Allocation

1

Nakuru Main Prison

KES 141,481,006.00

2

Eldoret Main Prison

KES 124,114,782.00

3

Embu Main Prison

KES 112,296,518.00

4

Kisii Main Prison

KES 99,412,928.00

5

Kamiti Medium Prison

KES 85,500,832.00

6

Meru Main Prison

KES 84,352,940.00

7

Thika Main Prison

KES 84,311,710.00

8

Kitale Main Prison

KES 82,156,510.00

9

Bungoma Prison

KES 78,423,146.00

10

Machakos Main Prison

KES 78,091,238.00

11

Kakamega Main Prison

KES 75,830,709.00

12

Naivasha Medium Prison

KES 68,582,398.00

13

Kangeta Prison

KES 67,252,468.00

14

Malindi Main Prison

KES 66,158,832.00

15

Kitengela Prison

KES 60,327,869.00

16

Makueni Prison

KES 60,301,041.00

17

Narok Prison

KES 60,156,300.00

18

Kiambu Prison

KES 59,561,412.00

19

Nyahururu Main Prison

KES 58,403,999.00

20

Mwea Prison

KES 58,059,580.00

21

Muranga Main Prison

KES 57,636,260.00

22

Lodwar Prison

KES 55,741,624.00

23

Nairobi Medium Prison

KES 55,329,130.00

24

Kericho Main Prison

KES 54,936,292.00

25

Ruiru Prison

KES 53,464,152.00

26

Kerugoya Prison

KES 53,051,787.00

27

Migori Main Prison

KES 52,690,146.00

28

Nanyuki Prison

KES 51,402,179.00

29

Busia Prison

KES 49,364,276.00

30

Kitui Main Prison

KES 48,492,478.00

31

Shikusa Farm Prison

KES 47,481,522.00

32

Kericho Medium Prison

KES 46,737,419.00

33

Kisumu Medium Prison

KES 44,725,436.00

34

Nairobi West Prison

KES 43,924,260.00

35

Yatta Prison

KES 38,728,852.00

36

Ngeria Prison

KES 37,958,609.00

37

Homa-Bay Prison

KES 37,522,836.00

38

Siaya Prison

KES 35,908,092.00

39

Uruku Prison

KES 32,325,354.00

40

Maranjau Prison

KES 32,280,137.00

41

Shimo Medium Prison

KES 32,173,701.00

42

Bomet Prison

KES 31,989,614.00

43

Mwingi Prison

KES 31,969,579.00

44

Kapsabet Prison

KES 30,490,360.00

45

Kibos Medium Prison

KES 30,020,734.00

46

Chuka Prison

KES 29,663,663.00

47

Nyeri Medium Prison

KES 29,229,798.00

48

Mombasa Remand Prison

KES 28,794,040.00

49

Kilifi Prison

KES 27,444,366.00

50

Isiolo Prison

KES 27,268,329.00

51

Kajiado Prison

KES 26,472,973.00

52

Makueni Remand Prison

KES 25,241,509.00

53

Rumuruti Prison

KES 25,018,296.00

54

Kilgoris Prison

KES 22,767,766.00

55

Kapenguria Prison

KES 22,280,709.00

56

Nyandarua Prison

KES 19,025,922.00

57

Tambach Prison

KES 18,695,482.00

58

Meru Women Prison

KES 18,209,329.00

59

Rachuonyo Prison

KES 16,986,337.00

60

Eldoret Women Prison

KES 16,977,460.00

61

Mutomo Prison

KES 16,943,991.00

62

Kaloleni Prison

KES 16,529,331.00

63

Voi Prison

KES 16,451,200.00

64

Kitale Medium Prison

KES 16,425,316.00

65

Sotik Prison

KES 16,158,361.00

66

Kitale Annex Prison

KES 16,052,958.00

67

Wundanyi Prison

KES 15,246,747.00

68

Kabarnet Prison

KES 14,698,341.00

69

Jamhuri PrisonPrison

KES 13,998,589.00

70

Marsabit Prison

KES 13,987,529.00

71

Taveta Remand Prison

KES 13,910,119.00

72

Vihiga Prison

KES 13,850,269.00

73

Eldama- Ravine Prison

KES 13,806,184.00

74

Marimanti Prison

KES 13,517,038.00

75

Maralal Prison

KES 12,340,917.00

76

Moyale Prison

KES 12,051,818.00

77

Shimo Women Prison

KES 11,815,881.00

78

Thika Women Prison

KES 11,361,888.00

79

Wajir Prison

KES 11,345,065.00

80

Hola Prison

KES 10,731,098.00

81

Nakuru Women Prison

KES 10,720,866.00

82

Kisii Women Prison

KES 10,635,949.00

83

Kericho Women Prison

KES 10,609,120.00

84

Kehancha Prison

KES 10,542,574.00

85

Mandera Prison

KES 10,485,919.00

86

Garissa Medium Prison

KES 10,317,132.00

87

Embu Women Prison

KES 10,219,409.00

88

Kisumu Women Prison

KES 8,679,322.00

89

Kakamega Women Prison

KES 7,965,225.00

90

Bungoma Women Prison

KES 7,631,053.00

91

Loitoktok Prison

KES 7,596,809.00

92

Machakos Women Prison

KES 7,166,393.00

93

Muranga Women Prison

KES 6,595,004.00

94

Nyeri Women Prison

KES 6,186,110.00

95

Naivasha Women Prison

KES 6,004,359.00

96

Bomet Women Prison

KES 5,612,204.00

97

Nyahururu Women Prison

KES 5,282,740.00

98

Kitale Women Prison

KES 5,243,356.00

99

Migori Women Prison

KES 5,164,428.00

100

Nanyuki Women Prison

KES 4,565,848.00

101

Busia Women Prison

KES 4,509,250.00

102

Kapsabet Women Prison

KES 4,120,554.00

103

Lodwar Women's Prison

KES 3,992,234.00

104

Kitui Women Prison

KES 3,941,920.00

105

Mwingi Women Prison

KES 3,257,184.00

106

Isiolo Women Prison

KES 3,252,568.00

107

Wundanyi Women Prison

KES 3,229,225.00

108

Kajiado Women Prison

KES 3,219,674.00

109

Narok Women Prison

KES 3,214,242.00

110

Nyamira Prison

KES 3,087,410.00

111

Malindi Women Prison

KES 3,070,082.00

112

Makueni Remand Women Prison

KES 3,007,498.00

113

Garissa Women Prison

KES 2,532,435.00

114

Homa Bay Women Prison

KES 2,365,478.00

115

Siaya Women Prison

KES 2,169,572.00

116

Kapenguria Women Prison

KES 2,142,254.00

117

Kwale Women Prison

KES 2,114,423.00

118

Maara Prison

KES 206,270.00

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