{"id":37732,"date":"2018-06-19T21:09:46","date_gmt":"2018-06-19T21:09:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/rcs-retreat-focuses-on-improving-inmates-welfare\/"},"modified":"2018-06-19T21:04:42","modified_gmt":"2018-06-19T21:04:42","slug":"rcs-retreat-focuses-on-improving-inmates-welfare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/rcs-retreat-focuses-on-improving-inmates-welfare\/","title":{"rendered":"RCS retreat focuses on improving inmates\u2019 welfare, curbing escapes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 3rd edition of  the two-day retreat started on Tuesday in Bugesera District of Eastern Province.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the opening of the retreat, the RCS Commissioner General, CGP George Rwigamba said that this edition will discuss ways of improving welfare of inmates and that of prison warders. <\/p>\n<p> \u201cThe most crucial subjects we are discussing include harmonizing the budget for inmates management, their welfare and that of prison warders,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cWe are assessing our budget and identify priority activities including equipment and  human resource and see how we can increase production from prison\u2019s activities to support government budget allocated to this institution,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Rwigamba said that the retreat will discuss ways of curbing the problem of prison breaks. <\/p>\n<p> \u201cMeasures are always taken, but inmates always think of new mechanisms to escape. Fortunately, some of them are transforming into good people. Those who still harbour thoughts of breaking the prison, will have their plans frozen,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>On the agenda of the retreat, officials will also discuss ways to work professionally and abiding by international laws regulating handling of inmates.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-25849 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/img_1652-4-a70aa.jpg\" alt=\"Rwanda Correctional Service (RCS) senior officials in a group photo\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-25850 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/komiseri_mukuru_wa_rcs_cgp_george_rwigamba-2-7f52b.jpg\" alt=\"RCS Commissioner General, CGP George Rwigamba\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fifty-three Rwanda Correctional Service (RCS) senior officials have converged for a retreat aimed at discussing ways of improving welfare of inmates and curbing the problem of escapes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-37732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37732\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37732"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=37732"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=37732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}