b Negative - There was overcrowding and most of the detention centres visited – the only exception was Dire Dawa Prison. It must be noted also that most of the prisons were never built for that purpose and were simply converted into prisons. Thus there is no indication of how many persons a particular prison was meant to accommodate; - There was generally poor sanitation especially in the police stations; - There was no separation of juveniles from adult inmates in both the male and female sections. There was also no separation between awaiting trialists and convicted prisoners; - There was inadequate training for prison staff; - There was inadequate educational and recreation facilities in prisons. Some prisons had no schools, no vocational training and no recreational facilities; - There are usually delays in the trial process. In all the prisons there were indications that the overcrowding was caused by the long delay in the trial and the fact that suspects are too poor to raise money for bail. In some prisons, such as Addis Ababa Prison, more than 70% of the inmates had not been sentenced; - There was also an indication of inadequate funding to prisons from government. The budget per prisoner per day is 3.5 Birr (about 0.406 US Dollars) at Federal level and 2 Birr ( about 0.204 US Dollars) at regional level; - Prisoners are not provided with uniforms – except when out for training or for work; - There is no uniformity in the treatment of prisoners in all the regions, especially between the federal and regional prisons. At the end of the inspections, the Special Rapporteur held another round of talks with government officials to inform them of her findings and make preliminary recommendations especially on those issues that needed immediate attention. To this end, the Special Rapporteur met with the following officials: 52 Report of the Mission of the Special Rapporteur on Prisons to Ethiopia 15 – 29 March 2004