prisons
Rwanda Moots Alternative Measures to Reduce Prison Congestion
Senators have highly recommended that the government moves to implement a Presidential order allowing works of community interest as an option of serving a prison sentence, as a solution…
Sierra Leone Convicts Will Continue to Be Safe in Rwanda- Busingye
The Minister of Justice and Attorney General Johnston Busingye has dismissed claims by Sierra Leonean convicts serving lengthy jail terms in Rwanda that their lives are in danger. Reports in…
Rehabilitation, Humanising the Inhumane: Prison Life in Rwanda
“The degree of civilisation in a society can be judged by entering its prisons” wrote the great Russian writer and philosopher, Fyodor Dostoevsky. By this measure, many countries of the…
18 Juvenile Convicts Benefit from Presidential Pardon
President Paul Kagame on Tuesday granted mercy to convicted minors in Nyagatare Juvenile Rehabilitation Centre who have exhibited good conduct and excellence in national exams. A cabinet meeting chaired…
Rwanda Prisons Set Zero Firewood Target
Rwanda Correctional Services (RCS) target 100% usage of cooking technologies to improve health and reduce environmental damage caused by the excessive use of firewood for cooking, this year. Apart from…
Celebrating New Year In Prison
As New Year celebrations mood get high in the city of Kigali and the rest of the world, inmates in various prisons across the country started celebrating on New Year…
In Rwanda, the Ratio of Prison Guard to Inmate is 1:30
Rwanda Correctional Services (RCS) says it has made tangible steps to transform the institution, but admitted it still grapples with high numbers of prisoners per one prison guard. Currently, the…
Genocide Perpetrators’ Tears on the Victims’ Shoulders
In Rwandan traditional society, an adage goes that ‘Tears of a man flows from within” to mean that, you would never see a man shading tears. Well, that…
Rwanda Introduces New Provision On Community Service as a Sentence
Rwanda is set to revise its national security policy, with possibilities that citizens committing crimes will serve time in community service as a sentence. Normally it takes five years to…
2018 In Review: How the Judiciary Silenced Rwanda’s Critics
September 14, 2018 was a day like any other under the sun, but a communiqué that reached out to the public towards midnight changed the narrative. A communiqué was released…
Ingabire, Kizito Were not Political Prisoners, They Were Criminals
None of the 2,140 inmates set free last week by government had any political cases but rather committed serious crimes ranging from abortion to theft, a review of…
Rwanda: 5 Inmates On Life Sentence Released
Hundreds of families are celebrating following the release of a big number of inmates. On Friday, January 19th, the president informed the Cabinet Meeting that he granted mercy to 18…
