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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 |
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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]
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