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'Our hostages did not have shampoo': Ben-Gvir taunts prisoners complaining about harsh conditions

A statement from Ben-Gvir’s office claimed that the prisoners were female Islamic Jihad terrorists.

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir visits the Damon prison.
Otzma Yehudit party chairman and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, together with members of his party, attends a supporters’ conference ahead of the upcoming general elections in Petah Tikva, central Israel, August 16, 2026.

Israel should kill ‘30-40’ Gazans every night, Ben-Gvir says on ex-hostage’s podcast

PALESTINIAN DOCTOR Hussam Abu Safiya, who was captured by the Israeli military in Gaza in late 2024 and still held in detention, appears via video link at the Israeli Supreme Court hearing in Jerusalem, June 10, 2026.

Gazan doctor accused of Hamas affiliation held without charge in Israel appears before High Court

A prison guard with a dog watches as a convoy carrying released Palestinian prisoners leaves the Ktzi’ot Prison in the Negev Desert of Israel, February 27, 2025.

From Rutgers speaker to Kristof column, disputed dog rape claim against Israel goes mainstream


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

Drive-by shooting at Hadarim prison; crime group suspected

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

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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."

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.