A majority of convicts in Kenya are not worried about being sentenced to death. This is according to a report released by The Death Penalty Project.
The survey titled Living With a Death Sentence in Kenya: Prisoners’ Experiences of Crime, Punishment and Death Row, stated that 85 per cent of prisoners thought it was unlikely that they would be arrested over the crime committed.
"89 per cent thought it was unlikely or very unlikely that they would be even be imprisoned," the survey shows.
However, only one per cent of the prisoners thought it likely or very unlikely that they would be sentenced to death.
Out of the 671 prisoners, across 12 prisons, 72 per cent of those convicted of robbery with violence were motivated by financial gain.
"95% of those convicted of robbery did not know that it was punishable by death while 86 per cent of those convicted of murder did not know it was also punishable," the report shows.
Of the prisoners convicted of murder, about two-thirds of them said that their physical and mental health had suffered since being incarcerated.
"Two-thirds of the prisoners said that their relationships with families had deteriorated following their conviction, with 1 in 10 having no visitors in prison," the report further stated.
