The success of 6 Palestinian prisoners in escaping from Gilboa prison this morning, Monday morning, shed light on the reality of detainees inside Israeli prisons.
According to the latest statistics of the Prisoners' Affairs Authority (affiliated with the Palestine Liberation Organization), among the total prisoners there are 43 women, and 225 children.
In addition, more than 500 male and female prisoners - according to the authority - suffer from various diseases, including dozens of people with disabilities and cancer patients.
years and long sentences
The Palestinian Prisoners Club (non-governmental) says that 543 detainees are serving life sentences (equivalent to 99 years according to Israeli military law) once or several times.
The data indicate that 34 prisoners have been detained for more than 25 years in Israeli prisons, while about 13 prisoners have been detained for more than 30 continuous years.
The Prisoners' Affairs Authority says that the number of administrative detainees (without trial) in Israeli prisons out of the total number of prisoners has reached about 540 administrative detainees.
According to the latest statistics of the Prisoner’s Club Association, 6 prisoners are continuing their hunger strike inside the prisons of the Israeli occupation, in refusal to administrative detention;
The oldest of them is Kayde phosphorous, which hits for the 54th day in a row.
The number of prisoners who fought this battle since the beginning of 2021 reached about 50 prisoners.
The total number of Palestinian prisoners is distributed among 23 prisons, detention centers and detention centers, which human rights organizations describe as the worst in the world.
Prisoners and numbers
The detainee, Abdullah Al-Barghouti, is the one with the highest prison sentence, as a court sentenced him to 67 life imprisonment.
The prisoner, Karim Younes (62 years), is called the dean of Palestinian prisoners, as he spent more than 38 years with his cousin Maher Younes (61 years), and they were both sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of an Israeli soldier in 1983.
Prisoner Nael Barghouti, 63, who spent about 35 years in Israeli prisons and was sentenced to life imprisonment for killing an Israeli soldier, is close to ending four decades of detention.
Barghouti was released as part of the Shalit deal in 2011, and was re-arrested after 3 years, along with 70 other editors of the deal, and Barghouti is currently completing the life sentence he was serving before his release in 2011.
What are the most prominent Israeli prisons?
Gilboa Prison: It is of a very high security nature. It is located in northern Israel. It was opened in 2004 by Irish experts. It holds prisoners accused of carrying out operations against Israel. Six prisoners escaped this morning, all of them residents of Jenin (in the northern West Bank), through a tunnel dug from their cell. in which they were staying outside the prison.
Damoun Prison: It was reopened during the Al-Aqsa Intifada in 2000. It is located in the north, in the Carmel bushes in Haifa, and was established during the British Mandate era.
Megiddo Prison: It is located in northern Israel, and belongs to the Haifa region. The Megiddo region is an ancient military place. This prison was opened in 1988 for Jewish and Lebanese criminal prisoners, and today it is used as a prison and detention center.
Hadarim Prison: It was founded on the American prison system, and was established as a civilian prison, but it opened a special section for Palestinian security prisoners. It is located between the cities of Tulkarm and Netanya.
Hasharon Prison: It is located near Hadarim Prison. It was established in the seventies of the last century, and was recently designated for women prisoners of hope.
Ayalon Prison: It is intended for security and criminal prisoners, and is located in the center of Israel.
Nitzan Prison: It was established in 1978 inside Ayalon Prison. It was called Ramleh Detention Center, and its name was replaced in 1981 by Nitzan, and was designated to accommodate 740 detainees.
Ramle Prison Clinic: It is part of Ramle prison, affiliated to the Israeli Prison Service Directorate with the aim of treating prisoners, but it lacks the necessary medical equipment.
Ofer Prison and Court: It is located west of Ramallah in the West Bank.
Ashkelon Prison: It was established during the British Mandate period between 1917 and 1948 to be the headquarters of the British army, but after 1967 it turned into an investigation and detention center for revolutionaries after 1967, and it was opened at the beginning of 1970 to be a central prison to receive prisoners;
The opening was described as the bloodiest, as the army beat the prisoners with batons all over their bodies as they passed through two columns of soldiers.
Ohali Kedar Prison: It includes 4 prisons, each of which is separate from the other, namely: Ohali Kedar and Eshel for security prisoners, Dikel prison for criminal prisoners, and Ayla closed prison that is used for isolation in certain cases such as the hunger strike.
Negev Prison: It is located in southern Israel and is intended to accommodate 220 prisoners.
Nafha Prison: It includes Ramon (Al-Hadith) and Nafha (Al-Qadeem) prisons. It is located in the south of Israel. It is one of the most severe and harsh prisons. It is dedicated to Palestinian leaders, and is surrounded by very heavy security fortifications. It is known to be very cold in winter, and very hot in summer.