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Israel's prison chief Kobi Yaakobi summoned for second hearing ahead of possible indictment

IPS Commissioner Kobi Yaakobi was summoned for a second hearing on suspicion of fraud, breach of trust, and obstruction of investigations. A pre-indictment hearing is underway.

FEBRUARY 12, 2026|BySARAH BEN-NUN

Israel Prison Service chief Kobi Yaakobi attends a National Security committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament on November 20, 2024.

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

Samer Khawaireh, 45, told Reuters that all he was given to eat in Israel's prisons was ten thin pieces of bread over the course of a day, with a bit of hummus and tahini, and tuna twice a week.

FEBRUARY 11, 2026|ByREUTERS, JERUSALEM POST STAFF, SARAH BEN-NUN

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

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.

JANUARY 28, 2019ByBEN BRESKY

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.

JANUARY 2, 2019ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

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

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