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.
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Report of the Mission of the Special Rapporteur on Prisons to Ethiopia
15 – 29 March 2004
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