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Kenyan prisoners take up chess to aid rehabilitation behind bars
Original: Kenyan prisoners play chess for fun behind bars and to help with rehabilitation
Prisoners in Kenya are playing chess while serving their sentences, using the game both as a pastime and as part of rehabilitation efforts behind bars. The initiative highlights how the board game is being used to encourage discipline, patience and mental stimulation among inmates in the country's prisons.
Why now: The unusual use of chess as a rehabilitation tool in Kenyan prisons is drawing attention as a positive prison reform story.
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