On 31 october 2019 honorable minister of justice and attorney general Busingye Johnson visited Nyarugenge prison located in Kigali City, Nyarugenge District, Mageragere Sector, inmates handed him different wishes which request his advocacy to be solved.
Nyarugenge prison director CSP Innocent Kayumba, show to Hon minister the willing and the part of inmates in their contributions of building our country ,like to admit their parties of what they did in Genocide perpetrated against Tutsi in 1994 and their willing to ask pardon for survivors in the way of peace and reconciliation.
he showed that about 1000 inmates from different districts of Kigali city they admitted what they did in genocide and requested to meet with survivors whose families were killed in Genocide against Tutsi and showed 120 holes where bodies thrown after being killed.
Hon Minister Busingye he conversed with the leaders of inmates in Nyarugenge prison then they show him some problems they face which require advocacy and he promised for advanced advocacy in order to solve them.
The questions he received were the challenge of reading their documents related their sentences before arrive in the court and the court decision after being sentenced were not founded in this day,other question asked was the project of electronic thug for criminals of small cases to continue their sentences out of prison in order to reduce high number of inmates in different prisons which grow every day in unexpected way.
Hon Busingye he promised them for advance advocacy for all question they asked him and he told them that shortly to read their documents it will be as it was , the problem was a case of IECMS the system which has some some problem but it is about to be settled.
About the electoronic thugs for criminals who are not high risk, he told them that it requires to be released In national official gazette but it is in a process because immerging crimes which are increasing day by day and that way it can make a contribution on building our country.
Currently Nyarugenge prison is hosting about 9942 inmates ,8762 men and 1180 ladies for different crimes.
