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Virtual visits for inmates

Prisons around the world were challenged during the covid-19 period as family visits and contact from the outside was stopped to contain the virus. Such restrictions affected inmates’ mental health as most could not cope with not seeing their families for long. To rescue the situation, a mental health organization in Kenya introduced virtual visits for inmates to preserve healthy relationships with their families on specific days. The Â鶹Éç’s
Carolyne Bii visited the prison on one of those special days and reports on the reunion of sorts.

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