National Rehabilitation Service in Rwanda to introduce ‘delinquency tracking software’

Rwanda’s National Rehabilitation Service is likely to contribute to the effective reintegration process of delinquents through tracking and monitoring their whereabouts and behaviours. The system will maintain comprehensive records and identification of all the people with undesirable behaviour including their names, names of their parents, place of residence, photo, fingerprint, and National ID number.

According to Director General of National Rehabilitation Service, Aimé Bosenibamwe, the system (named ‘delinquency tracking software’) will be built next year. “By establishing that someone has been detained at transit centres on multiple occasions, the system will help identify causes that lead to the relapse, and devise advanced strategies to deal with the problem,” Bosenibamwe said.

A number of delinquent youths (aged between 18 and 35) have been rehabilitated and released from centres which were taking care of them before being reintegrated into communities. Some 18,564 delinquents have been rehabilitated till date since 2010 when the rehabilitation programme was reinforced, and 1183 street children reunified with their families, statistics from National Rehabilitation Service revealed.

“The management based on evidence will help the country to master the movement and dynamics of the delinquency trend – how it is decreasing or rising,” Bosenibamwe said. “The country, therefore, makes plans with reliable information on people who have been in rehabilitation centres and have fully got rid of bad behaviour, a given number who have slipped back into bad behaviours, and identify the real underlying causes for the relapse cases so that it comes up with effective measures to respond to the challenges,” he observed.

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