Join the Kenya Prisons Service
Kenya Prisons Service · sources read 30 Sep 2026
The Kenya Prisons Service recruits officers only when it advertises a recruitment. When it does, go to the advertised recruitment point on the day with your certificates, national ID, certificate of good conduct and birth certificate. Recruitment is free: the official charge is nil.
- Fee
- We couldn't confirm a fee from the official page. Check it there before you pay.
- How long
- The recruitment exercise is done in 1 day at the advertised recruitment point
- Where
- In person at the recruitment point named in the official advert
What you need
- Your academic and professional certificates
- National ID card
- Certificate of good conduct
- Birth certificate
Steps
- Wait for an official job vacancy advert from the Kenya Prisons Service. Applications are taken within the advert period.
- On the advertised day, go to the recruitment point with your certificates, national ID, certificate of good conduct and birth certificate.
- If picked, you train at the Kenya Prisons Staff Training College before passing out as an officer.
Watch out
- Recruitment is free: the official charge is nil. Anyone asking you for money to get you in is not the Prisons Service. Don't pay.
- The last intake joined training in April 2025 and passed out in February 2026. We have not confirmed a new advert, so only trust a current official one.
Official sources (2)
- Service Charter correctional.go.ke · read 30 Sep 2026
- President Ruto presides over prisons recruits pass-out parade in Ruiru correctional.go.ke · read 30 Sep 2026