b) The Arba Minch Prison The Armba Minch Prison is a regional prison located about 300 kilometers from Awasa and 700 kilometers from Addis Ababa. It has an original inmate capacity of about 1100 but holds about 1605 inmates – 1536 male and 69 female. The prison has a small and poorly equipped clinic. There are no schools for either formal or vocational training. The prison has 11 cells – 8 for male and 3 for female inmates. The local government has approved a plan to build more cells. c) The Arba Minch Prison Farm Less than one kilometre from the Arba Minch Prison is the Arba Minch Prison Farm. The farm grows crops such as maize, coffee, mangos, bananas, sugar cane and guavas. Proceeds from the farm are sent to government. The authorities are negotiating with government to allow the proceeds to be used within the prison. The Special Rapporteur visits a sugarcane plantation in the Arba Minch Prison Farm 17 Report of the Mission of the Special Rapporteur on Prisons to Ethiopia 15 – 29 March 2004