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.

JANUARY 15, 2026|BySARAH BEN-NUN

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

Aspects of daily life behind bars include cells so crowded that detainees cannot move without climbing over one another, and inmates sleeping on thin mattresses on the floor for weeks or months.

DECEMBER 4, 2025|BySARAH BEN-NUN

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

Prosecutors closed the case into Shlomo Filber’s claim of an unlawful search during his 2018 detention, saying investigators found no evidence to support it.

DECEMBER 3, 2025|BySARAH BEN-NUN

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

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

IPS chief Kobi Yaakobi recommended Israeli-Druze Hatem Azzam to the role, which National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir approved on Sunday.

NOVEMBER 9, 2025|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Drive-by shooting at Hadarim prison; crime group suspected

Israel Police and Israel Prison Service (IPS) intelligence officials were called to the scene.

NOVEMBER 21, 2018ByTAMARA ZIEVE

Israeli-Arab poet Dareen Tatour released from prison

"They tried for years to frighten me and to keep me from writing," Tatour told 'The Jerusalem Post' on the day of her release. "They did not succeed."

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018BySAMUEL THROPE

Arab-Israeli poet Dareen Tatour poses for a picture during an interview at her house in Reineh, northern Israel September 26, 2017. Picture taken September 26, 2017.

Malka Leifer deemed psychologically fit to face extradition hearing

Her case is due to return to court in November when the reports will be examined by her legal team.

AUGUST 14, 2018ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Malka Leifer, a former Australian school principal who is wanted in Australia on suspicion of sexually abusing students, walks in the corridor of the Jerusalem District Court accompanied by Israeli Prison Service guards, in Jerusalem February 14, 2018. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun

Elite soldier gets 18 months for accidentally shooting comrade

The soldier also received another 12 months probation and was demoted.

JULY 5, 2018ByANNA AHRONHEIM

THE IDF’S ELITE Duvdevan unit and the Czech Armed Force’s 601st Special Forces Group train together recently in urban-warfare techniques at Tze’elim Army Base in the Negev.

Foreign children in Israeli jails: 'Mom, why are we here?'

Not just America: It is difficult to believe, but it is the reality in Israel in 2018 - children aged, 3, 5 and 7 sitting in prison like all other inmates.

JULY 4, 2018ByYANIR COZIN/MAARIV