Rwanda: Inmates to Get University Education - What It Means

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Rwanda: Inmates to Get University Education - What It Means

[New Times] The proposed provision by the Government of Rwanda to offer university education to convicts incarcerated in correctional facilities in the country will make them more productive and help tackle reoffending, experts in education and human rights have argued.

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