subsistence farming. It also suggests that the ownership referred to is a rural traditional “right of use” not convertible to cash19 (Figure 9).
per 100 detainees). The 19% who said they “owned” land is similar to the 21% who said they were living in their “own” home at the time of their arrest, and similar to the 13% who said they were farmers.
The vast majority of detainees (more than 80%) had no major assets. Some 7% said they owned a motor vehicle. This compares to 11 vehicles per 100 people in Sierra Leone as a whole.20 This suggests that detainees are much less likely than the average person to own a vehicle (as there were only 7 vehicles
FIGURE 9 Proportion of detainees owning various assets at time of arrest 100%
Owned Not owned
80% 60%
95%
95%
93%
87%
81%
40%
27 19%
20% 5%
5%
7%
Other assets
Other equipment
Motor vehicles
13%
0% Livestock
Land