Israel Prison Service

Why pouring billions into the Israel Police has made Israelis less safe - opinion

The fix will only come when we move to measuring outputs, cancel the revolving door of the courts, and return deterrence to center stage.

 ISRAEL POLICE officers detain a protester during a demonstration calling for the release of Gaza hostages, in Tel Aviv last month.
 (ILLUSTRATIVE) A military helicopter conducting a rescue operation off the Bat Yam coastline in central Israel, May 16, 2025.

Teenage girl targeted by repeat sex offender at Bat Yam beach despite IPS 'surveillance'

An Israel Prison Service officer at Ketziot Prison watches as Palestinian prisoners are prepared for release in exchange for Israeli hostages held by Gazan terrorists, February 26, 2025; illustrative.

'We are never full': Palestinian prisoners claim they received little food in Israeli prisons

IPS officers visit Hamat Gader crocodile farm to learn about crocodiles, January 1, 2026.

Israel Prison Service officers sent to crocodile farm to review plan for croc-surrounded prison


What are the conditions like for Hamas's 'Nukhba' terrorists in prison?

From the outbreak of the war until last week, about 3,400 more prisoners were arrested and imprisoned, most of them terrorists from Gaza and the West Bank, all identified with Hamas.

 Sub-Warden Yosef Knipes.

Israel's wartime government in crisis as Ben-Gvir fires prison chief

Ben-Gvir accused the prison chief of being "soft" with Hamas-affiliated prisoners • Gantz: "We are not in the government to stay, we are here to win"

 Israel Prison Service chief Katy Perry, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir

Israel probes death of Palestinian prisoners by 19 prison guards - report

The prisoner is 38-year-old Thaer Abu Asab, who is serving a 20-year sentence for attempting to bomb a checkpoint near Nablus in 2005 during the Second Intifada.

 Palestinian prisoners wait to be released from Ketziot prison, southern Israel, October 1, 2007.

Israel Prison Service catch sex offender moments before he re-offends

The supervisee was observed and recorded at the entrance to the street where he lives, trying to commit an indecent act in public in front of a mother and her daughter.

Major-General Katy Perry, head of the Israel Prison Service and Chief of Police Kobi Shabtai at a replacing ceremony of outgoing minister Omer Bar lev and incoming Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir, in Jerusalem on January 01, 2023.

Israel Prison Service starts processing Hamas terrorists captured since Oct. 7 massacres

"These are the most dangerous terrorists held in Israel and we take all necessary security measures,: IPS Commissioner Katy Perry said.

 View of the Gilboa Prison, near Israel Valley, December 5, 2022

Why are Israeli prisons infested with sex scandals? - analysis

The inability to address the role of female guards in security wings demonstrates a systemic failure in the IPS.

Major-General Katy Perry, head of the Israel Prison Service and Chief of Police Kobi Shabtai at a replacing ceremony of outgoing minister Omer Bar lev and incoming Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir, in Jerusalem on January 01, 2023.