Security prisoners

UN torture report flags Israel for allegedly mistreating journalists, detainees, ex-MAG

The UN warned Israel over alleged abuses against rights defenders and detainees, calling for stronger legal protections and impartial investigations.

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.
 National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir argues with MK Ahmad Tibi during a Home committee meeting at the Knesset. October 15, 2024.

Israeli court hears petition to guarantee access to security prisoners by MKs

A Palestinian photo shows one of the posters distributed by the IDF near Ofer Prison: “We are watching you everywhere. We told you that any support for or affiliation with a terrorist organization will place you under arrest and subject you to severe penalties. We warned you.”

‘We are watching you’: IDF posters blanket West Bank before Palestinian prisoner release

 MARWAN BARGHOUTI is brought into court by police for his judgment hearing in May 2004, at which he was convicted on five counts of murder in terrorist attacks.

Marwan Barghouti not included in hostage, prisoner exhange deal, PMO confirms


'I'm the political echelon': Ben-Gvir reiterates opposition to Tibi, Barghouti meeting

Ben-Gvir made the remarks at Israel's Supreme Court, where he attended a hearing on a petition filed by Tibi which requests members of Knesset to be allowed to meet with security prisoners. 

 National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir arrives for a court hearing at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, on September 11, 2024

Sexual violence in Israeli jails: 38% of female guards assaulted by security prisoners

State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman said such orders were in stark contrast with the female soldiers' protection report published in November 2022. 

 GILBOA PRISON, in northern Israel near the West Bank.

Israeli who joined Hamas: Security detainee pronounced dead at hospital

In December 2023, Abu Ganima, an Israeli citizen resident of the Negev, was arrested by IDF forces while trying to enter Israel from the Gaza Strip.

 GAZA’S security is run by Hamas and other Palestinian factions who work to maintain security in the enclave.

Prisoner rights violated more frequently since start of war against Hamas

Prisoners are afforded nowhere near the four-and-half square meter minimum afforded them under international law.

 The cage bars of a prison cell (Illustrative).

What are the conditions like for Hamas's 'Nukhba' terrorists in prison?

From the outbreak of the war until last week, about 3,400 more prisoners were arrested and imprisoned, most of them terrorists from Gaza and the West Bank, all identified with Hamas.

 Sub-Warden Yosef Knipes.

Israel probes death of Palestinian prisoners by 19 prison guards - report

The prisoner is 38-year-old Thaer Abu Asab, who is serving a 20-year sentence for attempting to bomb a checkpoint near Nablus in 2005 during the Second Intifada.

 Palestinian prisoners wait to be released from Ketziot prison, southern Israel, October 1, 2007.

Knesset approves video conference hearings for security prisoners

According to the law, criminal prisoners will continue to appear for hearings at the court in person, but security prisoners can undergo hearings over video conference.

 View of the Shita prison, located next to Gilboa,and intended for 800 primarily security convicts.

Security prisoners enjoy too many privileges - former Prison Service official

Balancing security concerns with family ties, the Israeli legal system grapples with the intricate dynamics within prisons.


'It's a crime': Israeli pimping affair victims' lawyer slams Ben-Gvir

Attorney Yair Ochayon told The Jerusalem Post that the terrorist had threatened to “hurt her and her family, and to ruin her life."

 View of the Shita prison, located next to Gilboa,and intended for 800 primarily security convicts.

Why are Israeli prisons infested with sex scandals? - analysis

The inability to address the role of female guards in security wings demonstrates a systemic failure in the IPS.

Major-General Katy Perry, head of the Israel Prison Service and Chief of Police Kobi Shabtai at a replacing ceremony of outgoing minister Omer Bar lev and incoming Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir, in Jerusalem on January 01, 2023.