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RCS

INMATE REEDUCATION AND REHABILITATION PROGRAMMES

1.Formal Education:

    a. Primary, ‘O’ and “A” levels at Nyagatare Juvenile Correctional facility

    b. Primary, ‘O’ and “A” levels at Nyagatare Juvenile Correctional facility

        Technical and Vocational Education and Training in 8 Correctional facilities with the following trades: masonry, welding, plumbing, electricity, computer skills, hair dressing and beautification, tailoring, carpentry, leather craft, agriculture, automobile mechanics, handicraft making.

2. Informal Education:

   a. Adult literacy

   b. Prior learning recognition (vocational skills in collaboration with IPRCs and STECOM)

   c. Languages

3. Civic Education:

    a. Ndi Umunyarwanda

    b. Other government programs

4. Moral rehabilitation:

    a. Spiritual Support (faith-based organizations) E.g : The Prisoner’s journey (Prison Fellowship-Rwanda)

    b. Psychosocial Support

    c. Arts

5. Recreational and Cultural Activities:

   a. Games and Sports

   b. Cultural troops

6. Production Activities:

   a. Good for the health of inmates (maintenance of physical activity)

   b. Opportunity to gain practical skills (e.g. farming, construction, etc.)

   c. Income generating for both RCS and inmates (10% of benefits given to inmates)

  1. Admission process (registrar-medical-social-registrar)
  2. Provision of safe and humane custody to offenders sent by courts
  3. Compliance with national and international legal Instruments with regard to treatment of inmates (The Constitution and Other related national laws, UN Standard Minimum Rules and others)
  4. Assist those under pre-trial to access justice
  5. Provision of rehabilitation programs to ensure successful reintegration into community upon release
  6. Monitoring of execution of sentence until release