Israel prison

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.

|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.

|ByREUTERS, JERUSALEM POST STAFF, SARAH BEN-NUN
The law courts in Tel Aviv

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.

|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.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN

Hadar Goldin's family demands cabinet meeting over return of son's body

Along with the demand, the family is pressuring the Israeli government to use the conditions of convicted terrorists in Israeli prisoners as a means to pressure Hamas.

AUGUST 18, 2016ByELIYAHU KAMISHER
Sec.-Lt. Hadar Goldin.

Red Cross cuts family visits for prisoners

Outrage in the West Bank following decision.

JULY 31, 2016ByJACK BROOK
YASMIN RAJOUB displays a photo of her son, Jamal, who is serving a life sentence for terrorism at Rimon Prison. (

Smuggling life

The question boils down to whether our society should allow those who have taken life to beget life.

JULY 31, 2016ByJPOST EDITORIAL
Palestinian prisoners who were released from Israeli prisons as part of a prisoners exchange deal between Israel and Hamas wave from a bus

Protesters enraged at ICRC cut of Palestinian prison visit program in half

Outrage in the West Bank Following ICRC Deduction in Prison Visitation Days.

JULY 29, 2016ByJACK BROOK
Eshel Prison

Katsav agrees to rehab, but expresses no regret

Parole board reexamines request for early release by ex-president jailed almost five years ago for rape.

JULY 20, 2016ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Former president of Israel Moshe Katsav

Former PM Olmert spends furlough with family

he reason for the timing of the furlough was that it was the first day he was eligible to leave the prison after serving a fourth of his sentence.

JULY 12, 2016ByGIL HOFFMAN
Ehud Olmert

Parole board to hear former president Katsav’s plea for early prison release today

“The institution of presidential pardons is already problematic since it is run by a politician,” Gal-On said.

MARCH 27, 2016ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Former Israeli president Moshe Katsav walks towards the entrance to Maasiyahu prison in Ramle, near Tel Aviv, December 7, 2011

Prisoner number 1 - What Olmert the inmate can expect on the inside

In his first days in Block 10 of Maasiyahu Prison Olmert will be provided with a prison guard.

FEBRUARY 15, 2016ByBEN HARTMAN
Ehud Olmert

Prison commander may face dismissal over security failures with Palestinian prisoners

The isolated Nafha Prison in the Negev houses security prisoners and dangerous criminals.

OCTOBER 27, 2015ByBEN HARTMAN
Nafha Prison in the Negev desert

‘Ipad Imal’ sentenced to 14 months prison

Woman tried to smuggle items to Hamas members in jail

OCTOBER 22, 2015ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Eshel Prison