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| Location | Ethiopia |
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| Coordinates | 8°54′51″N 38°45′52″E / 8.914189°N 38.764308°E |
| Status | Operational |
| Population | Approximately 8,000[1] (as of 2012) |
| City | Akaky Kaliti, Addis Ababa |
| Notable prisoners | |
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Kaliti Prison is a maximum security prison in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Commonly referred to as a gulag (locally known as "Maremiya" which means correction center) it serves as the main prison of the country.[2] It is 11 km south of central Addis Ababa, in Akaki Kaliti, the southernmost subcity of the nation's capital.[3]
The original prison compound is a makeshift structure that was built after 1991 when the Derg regime fell and was not intended as a prison. Most of the structures built by 2004 had been built by prisoners by their own means and with help from NGOs.[3]
- ^ "438 Days Imprisoned in Ethiopia: Journalist Recounts Facing Arrest, Mock Execution & Terror Charges". Democracy Now!.
- ^ "Thousands of Muslims in Ethiopia visit their representatives in Kaliti". awrambatimes.com. Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2015-08-10.
- ^ a b Chirwa, Vera M. (15–29 March 2004). Report of the Mission of the Special Rapporteur on Prisons and Conditions of Detention in Africa to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (PDF). African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights. pp. 12–13.