Rwanda: Emergency aid for detainees moved from fire-destroyed prison
International Committee of the Red Cross - 38 minutes ago
12-06-2014 News Release 14/100
On 5 June, a fire partly gutted Muhanga Central Prison (formerly
Gitarama Central Prison), in Rwanda's Southern province. The prison,
which can hold at least 6,000 people, saw the accommodation of 3,500
detainees go up in flames. Eyewitnesses described the blaze as
"extremely severe." The cause is still unknown. According to the
spokesperson for the Rwanda Correctional Services, the detainees were
not in their cells when the fire started, as routine fumigation was
taking place to protect them against harmful insects.

A fire partly gutted Muhanga Central Prison, in Rwanda's Southern
province. The prison, which can hold at least 6,000 people, saw the
accommodation of 3,500 detainees go up in flames. CC BY-NC-ND / ICRC
The Rwanda Correctional Services moved the detainees whose housing had
been destroyed to two nearby facilities: Mpanga Central Prison, which
took in 2,000 detainees, and Huye Central Prison, which accepted the
remaining 1,500. Although no casualties were reported, the detainees
lost most of their belongings. It will take months to build new
accommodation in Muhanga so that the detainees can return.
To help the authorities meet the urgent needs of the transferred
detainees, the ICRC is making a water tanker available to Huye Central
Prison for 10 days. In addition, it has provided 475 blankets for
detainees accommodated in an open hangar in the prison. This week, the
ICRC plans to deliver 1,700 planks for triple bunk beds, 3,000
additional blankets, clothing for about 1,500 detainees, and tools and
supplies needed to evacuate debris from Muhanga Central Prison. The
aid should enable the prison authorities, who are responsible for
housing more than 50,000 detainees, to prevent any deterioration of
the conditions in which the detainees moved from Muhanga are being
held.
Visiting detainees now constitutes a major part of the ICRC's work in
Rwanda. The aim of the visits is to ensure that the living conditions
of detainees are as close as possible to accepted international
standards. The ICRC is gradually adapting its support as the
authorities acquire the ability and means to meet their
responsibilities on their own.
For further information, please contact:
Marie-Servane Desjonquères, ICRC Geneva, tel: +41 79 574 06 36
Twitter @MsdjkrICRC
Emmanuel Kagimbura, ICRC Kigali, tel: +250 78 830 05 09
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