Israel prison

Prosecution indicts convicted sex offender for repeated violations of supervision order

The prosecution requested that he be remanded in custody until the conclusion of the legal proceedings, citing a high level of danger to the public.

The law courts in Tel Aviv
Israel Prison Service guards operate in a special wing of Israeli citizens accused of spying for Iran, in the Damon Prison, in northern Israel, July 1, 2025

Israel faces worst prison overcrowding crisis in its history, report warns

 Shlomo Filber, former director general of the Communications Ministry court hearing in the trial against former Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at the District Court in Jerusalem on April 27, 2022.

Filber search allegation collapses as prosecutors close investigation

Israel Prison Service's new deputy chief commissioner, Hatem Azzam.

Ben-Gvir approves Druze officer as new prison service deputy chief commissioner


Ohana: Prisoners won’t be vaccinated ‘without my permission’

PA to demand that Palestinian or foreign doctors supervise the vaccination of the prisoners.

Israeli Public Security Minister Amir Ohana and Agriculture Minister Alon Schuster (not seen) at the Rafcor Plant, in Rosh Pina, Northern Israel, which has recently suffered from a number of acts of agricultural terrorism, harassment and arson. November 10, 2020.

Terminally ill Hamas terrorist dies in Israeli prison

Hamas stated that the terrorist's death "crossed red lines."

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

How radio is used as a tool in Israeli prisons to promote rehabilitation

Radio Focus was launched in 2016 and is located in the Ayalon Prison.

Radio Focus

Prison guards run off bus during rocket siren, leaving prisoners on board

The guards did not respond when the prisoners asked them about why they were being left behind.

A ROCKET fired from Gaza by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad heads toward Israel this week

140 Palestinians in Israeli prisons enter 9th day of hunger strike

The inmates claim that agreements reached after a similar strike last April have still not been implemented.

A Palestinian prisoner, convicted of security offences against Israel, looks out of his cell at Nitzan jail

Israel detained over 1,600 Palestinian prisoners in 2019 - report

The report, issued to correspond with Prisoners’ Day, also showed that there are 500 Palestinians held in administrative detention without trial or charge.

A woman holds a picture of a Palestinian prisoner held in an Israeli jail, during a rally marking Palestinian Prisoners' Day, in Bethlehem in the Israeli occupied West Bank April 17, 2019

NGO: State must protect rights of migrant mothers, children

Currently, many of the complaints regarding mistreatment of migrants in detention are serious, but the volume of those facing these issues are smaller than in the recent past.

A boy takes part in a protest against the Israeli government's plan to deport African migrants, in Tel Aviv, Israel March 24, 2018.

This is how one man tried to smuggle cellphones into an Israeli prison

The phones were surgically removed from the man's body.

Cellphones surgically removed from a detainee's body in Ofer prison

Prison guards and officials arrested on bribery charges

It is suspected that a prison official used his authority to give prisoners special privileges in exchange for money.

An Israeli flag is seen next to the gate of the Megiddo Prison in northern Israel July 24, 2018. Picture taken July 24, 2018.

Israeli prison standards to be lowered in effort to deter terrorism

The party is over," Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan said at a press conference.

A Palestinian prisoner, convicted of security offences against Israel, looks out of his cell at Nitzan jail