4. Dire Dawa Region The Dire Dawa Region is one of the two Federal Administrative Regions. The region consists of the city of Dire Dawa and the surrounding rural areas. It has no administrative zones but one woreda – the Gurgura Woreda. There are 24 urban Kebeles and 28 rural peasants associations. Dire Dawa is the capital city of the administrative council. The Region is located in the eastern part of the country enclosed by the Somali Region and the Oromia region. It is about 515 Kilometers from Addis Ababa with a total land area of about 1,025 Km² and a population size of about 337.800 inhabitants. The region has only one prison – the Dire Dawa Prison, with a total of 440 inmates – 413 male and 27 female. The prison has a total of 22 cells, 20 for men, some as large as 6m x 11m with 26 inmates, others 7m x 7m with 16 inmates. The other two cells house the 27 female inmates with 1 kid. There is no school for either formal or vocational education. There is a small clinic that attends to 15 – 20 inmates a day. There is no resident doctor but a health assistant. The regional government has allocated the sum of 127,108 Birr for vocational training including 250,000 Birr to buy material and some 600,000 Birr for classrooms. The prison has a total of 83 staff – 74 male and 9 female. Table 5 shows the prisoners’ composition in the Dire Dawa Prison No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Category Death Sentence Life Imprisonment 6 – 25 years imprisonment 5 years and below Awaiting Sentence Awaiting Trial Prisoners from Somali Region Children (with their mothers) Total Male Female 0 14 64 61 129 118 26 1 413 Total 0 0 4 2 11 10 0 0 27 0 14 68 63 140 128 26 1 440 21 Report of the Mission of the Special Rapporteur on Prisons to Ethiopia 15 – 29 March 2004