How inmates are helping to stop crime from inside prison | Peter Ouko | TEDxKamitiPrison

Peter Ouko is an inmate at Kamiti Prison in Nairobi, where his is serving a life sentence after it was commuted from a death sentence in 2009. He has received a diploma in Common Law from the University of London from inside prison, and founded the Crime Si Poa (Crime is Not Cool) initiative, which works with high-risk communities and discourages crime throughout Kenya.

Peter Ouko has been at Kamiti Prison for the last 17 years for alleged murder of his wife, a crime he says he did not commit. Ouko says crime is sometimes attractive, and the reason he set up ‘Crime Si Poa’ to discourage young people from becoming criminals.

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