The legal aid center that was established by APAP in the compound of the main prison at Harar had stopped rendering its services to the inmates incarcerated therein because all the inmates that were trained to render the services were released—having served their respective sentences. APAP had to, therefore, train other inmates who could replace them.

Accordingly, APAP selected a total of 15 relatively new inmates who demonstrated rudimentary knowledge of the law, gave them the training they needed and re-established the legal aid center on the premises of the Harar main prison. Of the 15 inmates thus trained, one was a female.

The training was given to the 15 volunteers on the premises of the prison July 08-15, 2009 and consisted of the following:

• Basic legal education;
• Introduction to the concepts of human rights in general; and
• The structure of the Ethiopian Justice System. 

At the end of the training, the trainees expressed their gratitude to APAP for selecting them for the training and entrusting them with the responsibility of giving legal aid to their fellow inmates.

APAP and the Harari Prison Administration signed an agreement aimed at reestablishing the legal aid center on the premises of the prison. APAP has since been providing the center with the necessary material and technical support. Accordingly,legal-aid services are being rendered to the inmates as they are supposed to.