One morning I received a WhatsApp message from a colleague in Nigeria, asking me a shocking question: “I read something about Gitarama Prison in your country being one of the …
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Rwanda Correctional Service (RCS) has started relocating a total of 625 female inmates from the highest congested prison of Rwanda – Muhanga(former Gitarama) with 238.8% occupation as per the 2021 …
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Rwanda Correctional Services(RCS), the public institution which manages prisons has completed a six month curriculum which will help inmates who are about to complete their jail term to return into …
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The Rwanda Correctional Service(RCS) has today launched five Technical and Vocational Education Training(TVET) schools that were built in five prisons across the country to equip inmates with skills that will …
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Rwanda Correctional Services (RCS) has announced the arrest of Jovin Mfitumukiza who escaped from Muhanga prison at the end of last month January 2021. The nabbed suspect, and a former beneficiary …
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The Minister of Justice and Attorney General Johnston Busingye says Rwanda does not have unknown detention centres where people are jailed and tortured, describing the allegations as politically motivated to …
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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 …
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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 …
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“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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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