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


Smuggling life

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Nafha Prison in the Negev desert

‘Ipad Imal’ sentenced to 14 months prison

Woman tried to smuggle items to Hamas members in jail

Eshel Prison

Supreme Court rejects former Balad MK appeal of 1 year jail sentence

Former MK Said Nafa (Balad) on Monday exhausted his last chance to avoid his one year jail sentence when a three justice panel of the Supreme Court rejected his appeal.

Former Balad MK Said Nafa

Palestinian prisoners launch hunger strike to protest detention

Earlier this month, Islamic Jihad activist Muhammad Allan ended a hunger strike that had stretch to 66 days.

Maazouze, the mother of Mohammed Allaan, a Palestinian prisoner who is on a long-term hunger strike, holds a portrait of her son during a rally calling for his release.