Ohalei Keidar Detention Center activates state of emergency following arson incident involving crime organization leader
Balancing security concerns with family ties, the Israeli legal system grapples with the intricate dynamics within prisons.
Contrary to earlier reports, the guard's lawyer said that the terrorist had threatened to "hurt her and her family, and to ruin her life."
National Security Minister Ben-Gvir ended female service at Israeli security prisons after reports of 'intimate relations' with terrorists broke.
"[National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir] wants war, he will get it," leaders of security prisoners in Israeli prisons said on Friday.
A delay in renovation construction was ordered in the hopes of freeing up 200 more spots for convicts to alleviate overcrowding.
There are about 16,000 inmates incarcerated in Israel Prison Service facilities, around 1,500 more than the maximum occupancy capacity standard for 14,500 inmates.
Ben-Gvir's people accused prison commissioner Katy Perry of putting Jewish prisoners in a cell with bedbugs to get back at him.
Only 38% of employers believe released prisoners can be rehabilitated and only 12.3% said they were willing to employ ex-convicts.
The guards reacted by forcefully entering the prison cells and removing leaders of the riots from there, in order to disperse the riots.
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