It started at Kamiti Maximum Security Prison, Kenya wherein inmates are opportune to enrol for academic and professional courses at various universities to pursue their careers.
Willis Ochieng is one of such inmates at that time to enrol for a Law Degree. He graduated in 2019 and becomes a human rights defender.
This model has been instituted by Makeni Correctional Center and today (16th March, 2024) 20 inmates at this center graduated with certificate in Community Development.
Among this cohort, 18 are male and 2 females. This initiative would create a huge difference to many inmates especially those who could ordinarily struggle to access tertiary education in a country where higher learning is expensive.