Service General , the National Detention Organization of the State of Israel, has 32 prison facilities holding 17,500 criminal and security prisoners and detainees, from all walks of society, as well as women and minors – who have been removed from society in accordance with the law, and are serving sentences for a variety of crimes, carrying sentences Israel Prison Service - that range from short periods to life imprisonment. Identity Card Israel Prison Service is also responsible for about two thousand prisoners who are carrying out community service work, about one thousand detainees under electronic surveillance and about one thousand sex offenders living in the community. 8,500 members of staff are in command of maintaining these prisoners under legal custody: wardens, officers, and soldiers on regular military duty who serve in a range of functions: security, intelligence, care, rehabilitation, education and headquarters. Prisoners Wardens 32 22 000 8,500 The Vision - one of the world's leading , 800 mandatory prison organizations During the first decade of the new millennium, a national strategic decision was taken in accordance with which the IPS shall serve as A Map of the Prisons the exclusive civilian detention organization in the State of Israel. In order to implement the decision, responsibility for all the police Northern Region: prisons and military detention facilities holding security prisoners 9 8 1. Kishon Detention Facility was transferred to the Israel Prison Service (IPS). 2. Carmel Prison This move doubled the number of prisoners they were Tiberias 3. Damun Prison Haifa 4. Megido-Salem Prison 7 responsible for, and the number of IPS staff has been increased 1 5. Shita Prison 2 3 5 6 accordingly. 4 6. Gilboa Prison After realizing this objective, the Prison Service continued 7. Tiberias Detention Facility 8. Tzalmon Prison looking towards the future, setting a new vision for itself - to be 10 9. Hermon Prison the leading Prison Organization in the world. A new multi-year program has been developed to help achieve this goal. 11 12 Central Region: 13 14 10. Matan Detention Facility Tel-Aviv 15 16 11. Hasharon Prison The main areas with which the prison service is involved: 17 18 19 12. Hadarim Detention Facility State security › "Nir" Training Facility 20 21 › Safe custody – maximal, effective supervision of inmates IPS Headquarters 13. Ofek Prison 23 5% 14. Rimonim inside and outside the prisons, to prevent escape and to 22 secure the perimeters and prevent the facilities from attack. 24 15. Petach-Tikva Detention Facility › 16. Tel-Aviv Detention Facility › Proper custody and internment resources - improvement in 17. Givon Prison the living conditions with the goal of reaching international 18. Nitzan Prison standards, through optimal utilization of resources and 19. Ayalon Prison 20. Neva Tirza Prison Beer-Sheva development of alternatives to imprisonment. 21. Maa’siyahu Prison › › Correction - Maximum utilization of the period of 25 26 imprisonment to efficiently treat the population of offenders 27 28 Southern Region: so that they may reintegrate into society productively in the 22. future. 23. Jerusalem Detention Facility 29 24. Shikma Prison ›› Crime prevention - minimizing the level of crime within, from 30 25. Eshel Prison and into the prison, as part of the ongoing fight against crime 26. Ohalay Kedar Detention Facility 31 32 in Israel. 27. Ela Prison › 28. Dekel Prison › The human resource - developing the human resource in 29. Ramon Prison accordance with the requirements of the job, and its needs in 30. Nafha Prison a changing and challenging environment, in the knowledge 31. Saharonim Supervision Facility 32. Kzetiot Prison that the staff is the key to the organization’s success. 33. Eilat Detention Center ›› Technology - utilizing technology as a support for goal achievement, to improve and optimize the IPS work environment. 33 Israel Prison Service

Prisoners – General information Number of prisoners – 22,000

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electronic surveillance security 848 4 , 496 1 , 899 2 , 105 12 , 484 The treatment of criminal prisoners Vice When a person enters prison to serve a sentence, his way 0.3% of life changes drastically. The separation from his natural Financial Northern Region: environment, his loss of freedom, the harsh living conditions, 0.7% Types of Violations 1. Kishon Detention Facility and an unfamiliar society and environment all make the term 2. Carmel Prison Fraud of incarceration problematic. 3. Damun Prison 1% The treatment framework provided inside the prisons aims to 4. Megido-Salem Prison Other Violence Property assist the prisoner during this period, and to motivate him to 5. Shita Prison 2% 22% 14% 6. Gilboa Prison amend his criminal background, while guiding him towards Driving 7. Tiberias Detention Facility other means by which to cope and live his life. 2% 8. Tzalmon Prison Drugs Correction is conducted through a variety of activities 9. Hermon Prison Public Order 13% undertaken by the Prison Service during the period of 4% Central Region: incarceration, such as: education, employment, therapy, Robbery 10. Matan Detention Facility religion and rehabilitation, with the challenge being to prevent 4% Human Life 11. Hasharon Prison recidivism. 12. Hadarim Detention Facility State security 12% 13. Ofek Prison 5% 14. Rimonim Sex Security Prisoners 15. Petach-Tikva Detention Facility There are some 4,500 security prisoners and detainees 16. Tel-Aviv Detention Facility 9% 17. Givon Prison Illegal Residents incarcerated in the Israel Prison Service, about 50% of whom 18. Nitzan Prison 11% for crimes “with blood on their hands”. These prisoners 19. Ayalon Prison include men, women and minors. 20. Neva Tirza Prison 21. Maa’siyahu Prison Composition of Prisoners Among the security prisoners one finds senior members Women of Palestinian terrorist organizations, terrorists who were Southern Region: 1.8% on their way to a suicide mission and were apprehended 22. Ofer Prison Minors by the defense forces; dispatchers; attack planners; those 23. Jerusalem Detention Facility 2.2% Men responsible for preparing the explosives, etc. As the 24. Shikma Prison 25. Eshel Prison 96% primary law enforcement agency, the IPS is responsible for 26. Ohalay Kedar Detention Facility the incarceration of these prisoners while addressing and 27. Ela Prison accommodating the prisoners’ basic needs in accordance with 28. Dekel Prison 29. Ramon Prison the law. 30. Nafha Prison The prison services trains its guards to handle the job in the 31. Saharonim Supervision Facility best and most professional manner, both during routine times 32. Kzetiot Prison 33. Eilat Detention Center and emergencies; working with a populace of dangerous prisoners; protecting the prison staff while preventing any activity or preparation of terrorist activity from within the prison walls. Special Units The IPS, both routinely and during emergency situations, must deal with a variety of threats such as: prisoners escaping from the prison facilities or while they are being escorted outside the prison; physical attacks on the members of staff; taking guards ; riots; smuggling of forbidden items, drugs, alcohol, etc. In order to deal with such scenarios, the organization must be committed to the highest possible level of professionalism, constantly learning and mastering enhanced task performance. In addition to routine training of all the organization’s guards, three special operational units have been established. The Nahshon Unit – This unit transfers prisoners and detainees between prison facilities and the Courts; they also serve as an intervention force and serve as security during riots inside the facilities. The Massada Unit - this is the operational control unit of the IPS that operates during complex occurrences that may take place within the detention facilities; they are also involved in locating and apprehending prisoners on the run. The Dror Unit – a counter-intelligence drug unit that works to expose caches of drugs, and the smuggling of drugs and other dangerous items into the prison.

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