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“Going to paradise”

PREFACE

Scope of this book
Why Rwanda’s prisons are unique
Recent events in Rwanda

Chapter I

Forty centimetres:  space

“Hell on earth”: the early years (1994-1999)
Improvements in prison conditions since 1999
The state of prisons in 2004
Health care
Food
Trading space
A life of luxury
Fashion

Chapter Ii

The prisoners’ government:  organisation

The structure
The capita général
Elections
Getting rich inside
The prison administration
Searches

Chapter Iii

Tomatoes, blackboards and guitars:  work and leisure

Work
Education
Entertainment

Chapter Iv

God

Chapter v

“Living as sisters – a survival strategy”:  women in prison

Conditions and organisation of the women’s blocks
Relations between the women
Babies in prison
Relations between women and men

Chapter vI

Real minors and false minors:  children in prison

Absolute minors
Genocide minors
Minors’ living conditions
Activities for minors
Sexual abuse

Chapter viI

Families in prison

Chapter viiI

Waiting to die:  the elderly in prison

Lists and more lists
Ill-treatment in detention
The survival of the elderly in the central prisons
Activities for the elderly
The vulnerable among the vulnerable
The memory of the family
The response of the government

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