Le Château: the lives of prisoners in Rwanda

Contents

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Chapter Ix

Two armies in prison: the military prisoners

Life in the civilian prisons
Life in military detention

Chapter x

“You could count yourself as dead”: memories of the cachots and brigades

Torture and killings
Visits
Prisoners’ testimonies
Improvements in conditions of detention

Chapter xI

Three minutes: prison visits

Conditions of visits in the central prisons
Solitude
Visits: the early years
The significance of visits for prisoners

Chapter xiI

“The time of crying is over”: the effect of imprisonment on the family

The economic burden
The strain on relationships
The gulf between prisoners and their families
Deaths in prison
The wider social circle

Chapter xiiI

“Your father is a killer”: the next generation

Visiting parents in prison
Explaining prison
Children of interahamwe
Separation
The future

Chapter xIv

“It’s more human inside than outside”: relations between prisoners

Violence and the absence of violence
Ethnic relations
Génocidaires and common criminals
Friendships in prison

Chapter xv

“We are always in a state of maybe”: attitudes to imprisonment

Prison as home
Hope and despair
Looking back
Looking forward: dreams of freedom
Escaping

Chapter xvI

Talking