World Prisons
All prisons

Rwanda

Mageragere Prison

Low
Verified
Aging · 5mo ago
Sources last reviewed on

Data is aggregated from public sources and may be incomplete or out of date. Always verify with primary sources before acting on any figure. See data sources.

For families

How to send mail, money, and visit Mageragere Prison

Step-by-step guidance using the Rwanda system — addresses, money services, visit booking, what to bring on your first visit.

Open toolkit

Background

Mageragere Prison, officially Nyarugenge Correctional Facility (Kinyarwanda: Igororero rya Nyarugenge, French: Établissement Correctionnel de Nyarugenge), is a correctional facility located in Nyarugenge District, Kigali, Rwanda. Established in September 2016, Mageragere is the largest prison in Rwanda. As of August 2023, Mageragere houses approximately 9,000 inmates. It is operated by the Rwanda Correctional Service (RCS, Kinyarwanda: Urwego rw’u Rwanda rushinzwe Igorora, French: Service Correctionnel du Rwanda).

Source: Wikipedia article lead, CC-BY-SA.

Capacity

—

Current population

—

Occupancy

—

Year opened

2016

Operational

Figures from official sources · verified 28 May 2026 · methodology

Facility profile

Operator

—

Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

2016

Region

—

Security level

—

Death-row facility

No

Conditions

No conditions summary available yet.

Visiting

No visiting information available.

Mailing

No mailing information available.

Practical info

Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.

Known issues

No major issues documented in our database.

Contact & address

Official site

Conditions Risk Score

Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated

—
Insufficient data
We don't have enough public data on this facility to score it. Have something to add? Send us a correction.

Related facilities

All in Rwanda →

Same country, matched on type + security level where possible.

Data completeness

20%

How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.

Sources

Cite this page

Under CC-BY-4.0. Include the URL and access date; the site is a living reference and entries can change.

APA
World Prisons. (2026). Mageragere Prison. Retrieved October 15, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/mageragere-prison
Chicago
"Mageragere Prison." World Prisons. Accessed October 15, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/mageragere-prison.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-mageragere-prison,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Mageragere Prison},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/mageragere-prison},
  urldate = {2026-10-15}
}