The new wing of the Dippo Prison built by Prisons Fellowship Ethiopia c) Adama Woreda I Police Station The Adama Woreda I Police Station is located in the capital of the Oromia Region – Nazret. It had a total of 85 inmates in three cells. The largest of the three cells is 4m x 7m with 40 detainees. The cells are poorly ventilated and overcrowded. There are no mattresses or blankets for detainees to use. There is no water for bathing. The detainees have not bath since they were detained, some for more than 25 days. Detainees also complain of police brutality. Some showed the Special Rapporteur scars and wounds on their bodies allegedly caused by police beatings. They are fed only once a day with two loaves of bread each. They complain that the food is usually not enough for all the detainees, so the authorities choose randomly, first from those whose relatives were far away, and if there is food left, from the rest of the detainees. There is another make shift detention room for women, and at the time of the visit, there were two female detainees aged 16 and 18. The room is built with zinc and the floor was not cemented The authorities complain that the government does not provide any budget for detainees in police stations. 20 Report of the Mission of the Special Rapporteur on Prisons to Ethiopia 15 – 29 March 2004

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