{"id":16964,"date":"2026-01-14T13:02:03","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T11:02:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rcs.gov.rw\/?p=16964"},"modified":"2026-01-14T16:29:41","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T14:29:41","slug":"cg-murenzi-received-the-president-and-ceo-of-prison-fellowship-international-for-courtesy-visit-and-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rcs.gov.rw\/?p=16964&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"CG Murenzi Received the President and CEO of Prison Fellowship International for Courtesy Visit and Talks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The discussions focused on the achievements made through the partnership between RCS and Prison Fellowship International through Prison Fellowship Rwanda since 2010, such as improving inmates\u2019 welfare through vocational skills training to prepare them for sustainable livelihoods after completing their sentences; supporting families of inmates especially inmates\u2019 children; and supporting the successful reintegration of former inmates into society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both parties also discussed strengthening their existing cooperation to further enhance rehabilitation programs and ensure that inmates are equipped with skills and capacities for reintegrating productively into society, improve their families\u2019 livelihoods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Andrew Corley commended the Government of Rwanda for the positive reforms implemented in the correctional system, particularly the measures aimed at rehabilitating offenders and preparing them for life after serving their sentences. He reaffirmed Prison Fellowship International\u2019s commitment to continue supporting Rwanda\u2019s efforts in correctional reform, social reintegration, peacebuilding, and community resilience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CG Murenzi expressed his appreciation to Prison Fellowship International and its partners for the strong partnership focused on improving inmates\u2019 welfare, emphasizing that empowering inmates plays a key role in preventing recidivism once they return to their communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mr. Andrew Corley, the President and Chief Executive Officer of Prison Fellowship International.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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CG Evariste Murenzi, the Commissioner General of Rwanda Correctional Service; RCS.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Today January 14, 2026, the Commissioner General of the Rwanda Correctional Service (RCS), CG Evariste Murenzi, held discussions with Mr. Andrew Corley, the President and Chief Executive Officer of Prison Fellowship International (PFI), at the RCS Headquarters, together with the leadership of its Rwanda branch, Rwanda Prison Fellowship. They discussed achievements made so far and strengthening cooperation in correctional programs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":16954,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":84,"footnotes":""},"categories":[57,141],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rcs-news","category-slider"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rcs.gov.rw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rcs.gov.rw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rcs.gov.rw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rcs.gov.rw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rcs.gov.rw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16964"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rcs.gov.rw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16964\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16968,"href":"https:\/\/rcs.gov.rw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16964\/revisions\/16968"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rcs.gov.rw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rcs.gov.rw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rcs.gov.rw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rcs.gov.rw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}