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Released Palestinian Detainees Allege Abuse in Israeli Prisons
Article • March 1, 2025 • from PLN March, 2025
Released Palestinian Detainees Allege Abuse in Israeli Prisons by On February 2, 2025, as an exchange of detainees brokered by the United States proceeded between Israel and the Hamas militia, freed Palestinians accused their Israeli captors of abusing them in detention. The government of Benjamin Netanyahu did not respond to …
Israel Faces Scrutiny Over “Systematic” Abuse of Palestinian Prisoners
Article • December 15, 2024 • from PLN December, 2024
Filed under: Guard Brutality/Beatings, Political Prisoners (International)
Israel Faces Scrutiny Over “Systematic” Abuse of Palestinian Prisoners by The ongoing war between Israel and the Islamist Hamas militia that has governed the Gaza Strip for 23 years escalated dramatically after Hamas launched a large-scale surprise attack on October 7, 2023, killing approximately 1,200 Israelis. Over 250 more were …
News in Brief
Article • November 30, 2022 • from PLN December, 2022
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: A detainee assaulted aguard at the Calhoun County Jail on August 6, 2022, the Anniston Star reported. Sheriff Matthew Wade blamed an ongoing staffing shortage, which has typically left three guards on duty to supervise 300 detainees. One of them, Jacob Hammett, was out of …
News in Brief
Article • September 1, 2022 • from PLN September, 2022
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: A federal prisoner in Birmingham was gunned down outside a privately-operated reentry facility on July 16, 2022. The Associated Press reported that the prisoner, Larry Taylor, 47, had just been released from the facility, which is operated under contract from the federal Bureau of Prisons …
News in Brief
Article • November 1, 2021 • from PLN November, 2021
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by California: A guard at San Quentin State Prison and one of two outside co-conspirators were arraigned on September 8, 2021, on federal charges they smuggled cellphones to an unnamed prisoner on death row at the California lockup. According to a statement by the U.S. Department of …
News in Brief
Article • April 1, 2021 • from PLN April, 2021
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: Two Alabama jail guards were arrested in just two months for allegedly smuggling cellphones to inmates. In February 2021, 27-year-old D’Mario Jones was fired and charged with two counts of promoting prison contraband at the Lee County Detention Center in Opelika where he worked. According …
News in Brief
Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Arizona: In January 2021, two women who worked at an Arizona state prison operated by Florida-based GEO Group pleaded guilty to having sex with inmates there. Melony Petrovffsky, 50, ran the commissary for the private contractor at a prison in Golden Valley, where she was allegedly …
Large Scale Releases and Public Safety
Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020
Filed under: COVID-19, Compassionate Release
Large Scale Releases and Public Safety by Peter Wagner Can governments safely release hundreds or thousands of people from prison? We offer 14 historical examples to show that, in fact, they already have. by Peter Wagner, Prison Policy Initiative https://www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2020/04/09/large-scale-releases/ To protect the American public from COVID-19, schools have closed, …
Israeli Supreme Court Orders Increased Personal Space for Prisoners
Article • March 5, 2019 • from PLN March, 2019
Filed under: Conditions of Confinement, Overcrowding
Israeli Supreme Court Orders Increased Personal Space for Prisoners by Monte McCoin by Monte McCoin  Researcher Lila Margalit, with the Israel Democracy Institute’s Amnon Lipkin-Shahak Center for Security and Democracy, published a blog entry on June 7, 2018 that detailed a landmark 2017 judgment entered by the Israeli Supreme Court. …
Palestinian Prisoners Stage Hunger Strike
Article • January 8, 2018 • from PLN January, 2018
Filed under: Hunger Strikes, Conditions of Confinement, Prisoners-International
Palestinian Prisoners Stage Hunger Strike by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Around 1,000 Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails launched a hunger strike on April 17, 2017, a date also known as Palestinian Prisoners Day. According to the Palestinian Prisoners Center for Studies, the strike was meant to protest the …
Innocence Project Emerging in Israel
Article • December 5, 2017 • from PLN December, 2017
Filed under: Wrongful Conviction
Innocence Project Emerging in Israel by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Wrongful convictions are a well-known phenomena in the United States; the administration of one of the world’s largest criminal justice systems virtually guarantees mistakes and failures. Famous cases such as that of Rubin “Hurricane” Carter, who was framed for …
News in Brief
Article • August 29, 2017 • from PLN September, 2017
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alaska: A former prison guard convicted of smuggling drugs into the Goose Creek Correctional Center was sentenced on April 24, 2017 to eight months in federal prison. Adam Jason Spindler, 33, pleaded guilty to one count each of drug conspiracy and possession of controlled substances with …
News in Brief
Article • March 31, 2016 • from PLN April, 2016
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Arizona: On October 28, 2015, Maricopa County youth detention guard Patrice Dawson was arrested on felony charges of sexual misconduct. Dawson, who supervised juvenile offenders, was accused of having sexual relations with an underage prisoner; she was fired from the department after confessing to the relationship. …
News In Brief
Article • September 24, 2015 • from PLN October, 2015
Filed under: News in Brief
News In Brief by Alabama: On April 9, 2013, Kenneth Wayne Patton was arrested on a domestic violence charge. When he arrived at the Etowah County Jail, he informed guards that he used to be employed at the St. Clair Correctional Facility and should be put in protective custody. Despite …
Palestinian Prisoners in Israeli Jails Smuggle Sperm to Impregnate Wives
Article • June 3, 2015 • from PLN June, 2015
Filed under: Prisoners-International, Political Prisoners (International), Fathers in Prison
Palestinian Prisoners in Israeli Jails Smuggle Sperm to Impregnate Wives by Palestinian Prisoners in Israeli Jails Smuggle Sperm to Impregnate Wives by Matt Clarke Authorities in Israel concede there is little they can do to stop a growing practice among Palestinian prisoners: smuggling their sperm out of prison in order …
Prisoners of Injustice -- Palestinian PoW Report, NLG, 2014
Publication • May 1, 2014
Filed under: Prisoners-International, Political Prisoners (International)
Prisoners of Injustice -- Palestinian PoW Report, NLG, 2014 PRISONERS OF INJUSTICE Report of the National Lawyers Guild Delegation to Palestine May 2014 Published November 2014 by the National Lawyers Guild. The National Lawyers Guild was formed in 1937 as the nation’s first racially integrated bar association to advocate for …
Israeli Supreme Court: Private Prisons Violate Human Dignity
Article • March 15, 2013
Filed under: Private Prisons
Israeli Supreme Court: Private Prisons Violate Human Dignity by "The very existence of a prison that operates on a profit making basis reflects a lack of respect for the status of (prisoners) as human beings," the Israeli Supreme Court found in invalidating a law authorizing the country's first private prison. …
Israeli Study Shows Parole Decisions May be Affected by Whether Board Members are Hungry
Article • February 15, 2012 • from PLN February, 2012
Filed under: Crime/Demographics, Statistics/Trends, Parole
Israeli Study Shows Parole Decisions May be Affected by Whether Board Members are Hungry by A ten-month study of over 1,100 parole hearings in Israel indicates that the odds of a prisoner being found suitable for parole seem to be affected by the interval between the hearing and the time …
Dozens of Israeli Prison Guards Die in Fire
Article • June 15, 2011 • from PLN June, 2011
Filed under: Fire Hazards, News
Dozens of Israeli Prison Guards Die in Fire by At least 37 prison guards died in a forest fire in Israel in December 2010. The guards were on their way to help evacuate prisoners – including Palestinian prisoners – at the Damon jail when they were killed. The guards were …
HCJ 260505 Israel Supreme Court Ruling Against Private Prisons, US, 2009
Brief • July 19, 2009
Filed under: International Transfer, Private Prisons, International, Prisoners-International, Political Prisoners (International)
HCJ 260505 Israel Supreme Court Ruling Against Private Prisons, US, 2009 Academic Center of Law & Business, Human Rights Division v. Minister of Finance HCJ 2605/05 HCJ 2605/05 Petitioners: 1. Academic Center of Law & Business, Human Rights Division 2. Major General (Retired) Shlomo Twizer 3. Yadin Machnes v. Respondents …
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