Rwanda (ICTR) commended the quality of the detention Centre-Mpanga
prison as meeting international standards.
39. In all 14 prisons in Rwanda, the government has provided treatment for
tuberculosis (TB) and in 8 prisons the government has provided full TB
diagnostic and treatment services. In all prisons, HIV positive
inmates/prisoners, receive ARV’s and go through the clinical follow up
recommended for HIV positive people. The government also due to failing
health of some inmates/prisoners, releases those who are unable to complete
community work.
40. The government established nursery schools for children under three years'
old living with their mothers in prisons. Each nursery school also has a cow
to provide fresh milk to the children. The same improved conditions are
provided for suspects under pre-trial detention. Children or juveniles both
sentenced or under pre-trial detention are put in separate cells with modern
facilities. Due to all these measures put in place, there has been an increase of
space for sleeping (80cm by 2m) in prisons complying with the international
standards for prisons. The office of the Ombudsman is responsible for
examining and monitoring the treatment of people detained in prisons and
court cells, immigration detention facilities, health and disability places of
detention (e.g. hospitals and secure care facilities), child care and protection
and youth justice residences.
41. The National Human Rights Commission and inspectors have unrestricted
access to the relevant places of detention. They also have unrestricted access
to information about the number of detainees, the treatment of detainees, and
the conditions of detention. And they are entitled to interview any person in
a place of detention, or who can provide relevant information
(e) Enactment of the Access to Information Law
42. Rwanda adopted law No. 04/2013 of 08/04/2013 relating to Access to
Information to boost the country’s good governance indicators by forcing
accountability. The objective is to compliment the country’s good governance
policy through the aforementioned law. By implementing this law, it is
hoped that it will increase citizen awareness of policies and programmes
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