Prison Reforms and Strategies to Improve Practices of Education Offered to Prisoners in Kamiti Maximum Prisons, Nairobi City County, Kenya.

Worldwide, governments are majorly concerned with the problem of rehabilitating inmates into law-abiding citizens. In Kenya, the Government has introduced Prison reforms to boost prisons' capacity to rehabilitate inmates. They include reforms to improve the living conditions of the inmates, the provision of teaching and learning materials and the terms of service of the warders. However, there are concerns that prisons are still faced with the problem of rehabilitation as inmates persist in criminal behavior. This paper explored recommendations that will help to improve teaching and learning practices in KMSP. This paper used reinforcement theory, whose leading proponent is B.F. Skinner (1974). The research utilized a descriptive design with a survey method of data collection. Questionnaires and interviews were used to gather primary data. Quantitative data was analyzed descriptively to get general frequencies and percentages to discuss the findings. Qualitative data were outlined and dealt with into topics and classifications. Based on the results of the paper, the following recommendations were made. There should be provision of better teaching and learning resources and improvement of living conditions for both inmates and warders. Recommendations for further studies included similar research that can be conducted in a female prison.