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


Extreme heat wave pushes Israel's electricity reserve to the limit

Israel Electric Corporation: if peak power consumption occurs, the system can experience power shortages due to low electricity reserve.

General view of Tel Aviv beach

An unlikely bond

An innovative program pairs prison inmates with the severely disabled residents of Aleh Negev, leading to surprising benefits on both sides.

The Aleh Negev-Nahalt Eran Rehabilitation village in the South.

Death penalty for terrorists gains popularity in coalition and on social media

The current law gives judges an option of sentencing a terrorist to death, but only if there is a consensus between all the judges presiding over a case.

Sharon Gal.

Supreme Court: No jail for Olmert pending Talansky conviction appeal

The ruling came as the state made a surprise announcement at the hearing that it would not oppose postponing Olmert's sentence pending the appeal.

Ehud Olmert

Prisoners of the election: Thousands of inmates line up to vote at facilities across Israel

Prisoners to do their part, albeit limited, to decide the makeup of the 20th Knesset.

Inmates casting votes

Arab lawyer from east Jerusalem arrested for aiding Hamas

Suspect allegedly met with terrorists in prison to exchange money for information.

Hamas members at an anti-Israel rally in Rafah in southern Gaza, November 13, 2014.

'iPhone Imal' caught by cavity search trying to smuggle phones to Hamas prisoners

A woman attempts to smuggle means of communications to Hamas activists in Israeli prison, gets caught.

Woman frisked (illustrative)

Report alleges Olmert bribed Zaken not to testify against him

The alleged messages show Zaken requesting Olmert to obtain job interviews for her son with Bank Discount's CEO and the Harel Group, as well as getting a European vacation home.

Ehud Olmert

Force-feeding bill to move forward despite end of prisoners' hunger strike

Yesh Atid accepts "softened" version of bill; Likud MK Regev: A hunger strike is terrorism in prison.

A Palestinian woman holds a picture of a Palestinian jailed in an Israeli prison during a protest in Ramle

After rejecting appeals, Supreme Court rejects Katsav's request for a retrial

Justice Neal Hendel says Katsav's claims that he suffered a "distortion of justice" are baseless.

Katsav supreme court nov 2011