prisons

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

  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…

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…

 “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…

  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 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…

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…