Print version| Country | ETHIOPIA | ||||||||||||
| Ministry responsible | Ministry of Federal Affairs | ||||||||||||
| Prison administration | Federal Prison Administration and nine State Prison Administrations | ||||||||||||
| Contact address | P.O. Box 2237, Addis Ababa, Ethopia (Federal Prison Administration) | ||||||||||||
| Telephone/fax/website | tel: +251 1 55 35 53 (Federal Prison Administration) fax: +251 1 51 77 75 (Federal Prison Administration) |
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| Head of prison administration
(and title) |
Berhane Melka
Head of Federal Prison Administration |
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| Prison population total
(including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners) |
112,361
at 2009-10 (Central Statistics Agency of Ethiopia) |
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| Prison population rate
(per 100,000 of national population) |
136
based on an estimated national population of 82.42 million at March 2010 (from United Nations figures) |
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| Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
14.0%
(2009-10) |
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| Female prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
3.5%
(2009-10) |
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| Number of establishments /
institutions |
123
(2010 - 3 federal prisons and 120 regional prisons; there are also many unofficial prisons - U.S. State Department human rights report.) |
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| Recent prison population trend
(year, prison population total, prison population rate) |
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