This interview delves into Rwanda Correctional Service’s (RCS) efforts to balance the current challenges and reform within its criminal justice system. Commissioner General Evariste Murenzi outlines how the service prioritises human rights, innovative use of technology, and international collaboration to modernise facilities and ensure effective reintegration of incarcerated individuals
into society. From managing overcrowding challenges to implementing community service penalties and advancing vocational training, RCS continues to evolve its approach to correctional services.

Following the existing bilateral cooperation between the Republic of Rwanda and the Republic of Seychelles as well as the visit by the Seychelles Commissioner of Prison, Mrs.Janet Gorges to Rwanda in September 2024 which was made through the high prestige collaboration between both institutions.