The Special Rapporteur ws informed that the Kaliti prison compound is a makeshift structure put together after 1991 when the Mengistu regime was toppled. It is not meant for prison purposes. The prisoners informed the Special Rapporteur that most of the structures have been built by them through their own contributions and assistance from NGOs. c) Ziway Prison The Ziway Prison is another federal prison in the Addis Ababa region situated about 150 kilometres from the capital, Addis Ababa. It is made up of about 635 inmates – all male. The prison has about eleven large cells of different sizes. Some hold 35 inmates, some 104 inmates. There is a small clinic and a poorly equipped laboratory. It also has a school and a media center where information and news is broadcasted to all the prisoners. d) Ziway Prison Farm The Ziway Federal Prison Farm is located a few meters away from the Ziway Prison and covers almost 90 hectares of land. Irrigation water is derived from the Ziway lake. The farm produces cash crops such as such as banana, pawpaw, pepper, orange, guava, mangoes and also rears cattle. It also produces food crops such as maize, Onion, tomatoes and cabbage. The cultivation is done by the prisoners and this is done as part of the reformation and reintegration policy of the prison. Farming is not done as part of punishment. The prisoners are trained from soil preparation in the nursery to crop transplant in the main farm. The prisoners are paid for the work they do in the farms and depending on the nature and duration of the work, they may be given 0.75 Birr, or 1 Birr or 1.5 Birr ($ 1 = 8 Birr). They are paid a fraction of this money each month and the rest is kept by the administration and given to them when they are released. 13 Report of the Mission of the Special Rapporteur on Prisons to Ethiopia 15 – 29 March 2004

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