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Prison overload forced Shin Bet to cut West Bank arrests, free Gazans deemed 'security risks'

State comptroller says Israel failed to prepare for a 92% surge in security prisoners after October 7, straining the prison system and delaying trials for Hamas terrorists accused of taking part in the massacre

Ron Crissy | 06.09.26

שבדיה כלא שבונים ל נוער עברייני ו ילדים רוצחים רוסרסברג מצפון ל שטוקהולם

Sweden is preparing prisons for child gang killers, with chess lessons and dolls to hug

Sweden is lowering the criminal responsibility age to 13 as gangs recruit children for shootings and bombings, but critics warn young offenders need treatment and support, not prison

Reuters | 06.02.26

Jewish fintech entrepreneur who defrauded celebrities, NBA team gets 14-year prison sentence

Joseph Sanberg, who for years portrayed himself as a philanthropist and social activist, has been convicted of massive fraud totaling $248M and received significant sentence for white-collar crimes; among those he defrauded were Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert Downey Jr., and Drake

Daniel Edelson, New York | 06.02.26

מוסקבה רוסיה הרוגים ירי בניין שירות ה ביטחון ה פדראלי FSB

Russian-Israeli sentenced to 12 years in Russia for firebomb attack on FSB office

Yegor Grafov, a 26-year-old Russian-Israeli, was convicted of a 'terrorist act' and jailed; his lawyers plan to appeal, saying he acted 'under the influence of fraudsters'

Itamar Eichner | 05.09.26

'They ignored him like air': military prison conditions under scrutiny after officer’s death on camera

Normative soldiers jailed for minor offenses are housed alongside deserters and criminals, guarded by young troops with limited training; former inmate who sat with Capt. Tomer Eiges says, 'They spoke to him like an animal'; IDF says prison constantly monitored

Nina Fox | 02.14.26

נרגס מוחמדי כלת פרס נובל לשלום לשנת 2023 שוב נעצרה ב איראן

After protest crackdown, new prison sentence for Nobel Peace Prize laureate imprisoned in Iran

Narges Mohammadi won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2023, while in Tehran's Evin Prison; At end of 2024, she was released on medical grounds and rearrested in December; At end of a hunger strike, she was sentenced to 7.5 years in prison, and her health is deteriorating

ynet, News Agencies | 02.09.26

האם יוקם בית כלא לאסירים פליליים? מתחם איקאה ואזור התעסוקה בראשון־לציון | צילום: דוברות עיריית ראשון־לציון

Behind the IKEA: Rishon LeZion fights plan to build massive prison on prime central land

The planned facility would cover 260 dunams behind the IKEA store near the Sorek industrial zone, an area now surrounded by offices, major roads, rail lines and national infrastructure

Hila Tsion | 01.22.26

‘They said my wife died to break me’: Israeli, 72, freed from Venezuela prison speaks out

After over a year in a Venezuelan prison, Yaakov Harari returns to Israel, describing harsh conditions, antisemitic abuse and psychological torment; Caracas accused him of being a mercenary and sentenced him to 25 years over photos found on his phone

Itamar Eichner | 01.14.26

Israeli-Argentine man freed from Venezuelan prison after 496 days amid political detainee release

Yaakov Harari, jailed for 18 months on claims of mercenary, was released as part of Venezuela's 'goodwill gesture' toward the US following the capture of President Nicolas Maduro

Itamar Eichner | 01.13.26

Opposition leader María Corina Machado, US President Donald Trump, interim Venezuelan President Delcy Rodríguez

Venezuela says 116 'political prisoners' freed as it seeks to appease Trump, opposition denies

Venezuela announced over the weekend that it would begin releasing political prisoners as a 'goodwill gesture' in an attempt to appease Trump after Maduro's capture; Human rights groups say number released is significantly lower than claimed 116

News Agencies, ynet | 01.12.26

Will Israeli prisons be surrounded by crocodile-filled moats? Expert warns ‘it’s not a poodle’

CEO of Hamat Gader, a resort that features a crocodile farm, said senior Israel Prison Service officials recently visited to examine the idea of placing crocodiles around prisons, stressing that the dangerous predators require complex care, cannot be kept casually

Alexandra Lukash | 01.06.26

ראמבוייה ליד פריז צרפת אדם דקר שוטרת ב תחנת משטרה

Algerian nanny sentenced to prison for attempting to poison Jewish family in France

Nanny, an illegal immigrant, admitted to pouring cleaning fluid into bottles of alcohol and grape juice, but later recanted; She was not convicted of antisemitism, and the family's lawyer said he hopes the prosecution will appeal the sentence

Itamar Eichner | 12.18.25

Secret Assad-era torture dungeon uncovered in Syrian countryside

Foam mattresses, torture tools and militia documents found behind a locked iron door and linked to a tunnel, exposing widespread abuse of civilians under ousted president

Lior Ben Ari | 10.21.25

*לשימוש הכתבה בלבד* שחרור האסירים הפלסטינים בכלא קציעות

Inside Israel’s release of nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners under hostage deal

Prison officers, many of whom had spent years guarding these inmates, were visibly pained to release the convicted terrorists they had been charged with keeping behind bars

Liran Tamari | 10.17.25

'Four aces' remain in prison, Ramallah lynch perpetrators to be freed: partial list released

Deal excludes senior terrorists like Marwan Barghouti, Ahmad Saadat and Abbas al-Sayed, but will free hundreds of others, including those behind 2000 Ramallah lynching and deadly bombings in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv

Itamar Eichner | 10.10.25

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