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Africa-Press – Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>According to statistics from Rwanda Correctional Services (RCS), between June and October, the country\u2019s 13 correctional facilities received more than 13,000 inmates in six months.<\/p>\n

Figures from RCS show that the total number of people in correctional facilities was 88,676 by early November.<\/p>\n

During an interview, Justice Minister Emmanuel Ugirashebuja explained the reasons for the high number of people being sent to prison. Among these is increased trust in the justice system which makes people report cases often.<\/p>\n

Ugirashebuja said: \u201cFirst of all, over the years there have been a number of reforms in the justice sector. By and large, this has led to confidence in the justice sector. In the past, there were many cases that were not being brought to the attention of the justice sector because people did not have confidence in it.<\/p>\n

Inmates at Nyarugenge Prison in Kigali. Photo by Craish Bahizi<\/p>\n

\u201cBut after building the confidence, almost each and every crime is reported which is not a bad thing by the way.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said new investigation tools and facilities such as the Rwanda Forensic Institute (RFI) were established and play a role in gathering evidence used in court.<\/p>\n

\u201cYears before establishing the forensic laboratory, many cases went untried especially those that required scientific evidence,\u201d the Minister noted.<\/p>\n

He also talked about new crimes that were not common in the past, for example, petty theft that targeted electronic gadgets.<\/p>\n

\u201cCurrently, one of the most common is petty theft of things like phones and computers. We did not have much of these crimes in the past,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n

According to the 2022\/2023 judicial report, petty theft was among the top three crimes in Rwanda, with 9,979 cases reported to courts between June 2022 and 2023.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe should know where the crimes are and try to get the solutions. If you prevent crimes, even the congestion in prisons will reduce,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Giving an example of challenges in pretrial detention, Joseph Nkurunziza, the president of the African Democracy Forum, a regional network for civil society organizations, said some problems in the justice sector are caused by law enforcers\u2019 lack of adequate knowledge of human rights.<\/p>\n

Nkurunziza said: \u201cThe criminal procedure says pretrial detention should not exceed 30 days but you find that it might go beyond that. And you find that as people delay in pretrial detention, others come and prisons are overcrowded.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe should make sure that the law enforcement officers are well versed with these procedures so that their actions are implemented in a lens that does not jeopardise human rights.\u201d<\/p>\n

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