A woman preparing injera at the Adama Prison The budget allocation for food depends on the region but the minimum is 2 Birr per prisoner per day. In Federal prisons, the budget allocated for each prisoner per day is 3.5 Birr. In most of the regional prisons, the allocation is 2.0 Birr. However, the Harar, Adama and Dippo regional prisons allocated 3.5 Birr per prisoner per day. (e) Clothing Prisoners in Ethiopia are not provided with uniforms. They wear uniforms only when they go out to work in the farms or in the workshops. They provide their own clothing while in detention. Most of them are relatively neat but some are dressed in torn and very dirty clothes. In the Harar prison, some prisoners complain that they have to borrow clothes from others to put on when going to court. 4 Contact with the outside world (a) Visits Prison regulations allow for family visits. In most prisons, this is limited to twice a week, usually on Saturdays and Sundays. Prisoners however, complaint that the two days a week is not enough as some of their family members come from far away and can only visit on week days (Mondays to Fridays). Those who visit on week days are usually not allowed to see their relations in prison but can leave behind whatever they have brought. Prison authorities however, argue that the two days per week is enough and necessary to maintain order. They also argue that, there is flexibility in the execution of the regulations 30 Report of the Mission of the Special Rapporteur on Prisons to Ethiopia 15 – 29 March 2004