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'''Ayalon Prison''' ({{Lang-he|בית סוהר איילון}}), formerly known as '''Ramla Prison''', is a maximum-security [[prison]] located in [[Ramla]], [[Israel]]. It is managed by the [[Israel Prison Service]].
'''Ayalon Prison''' ({{Langx|he|בית סוהר איילון}}), formerly known as '''Ramla Prison''', is a maximum-security [[prison]] located in [[Ramla]], [[Israel]]. It is managed by the [[Israel Prison Service]].


The prison was opened in 1950, and was built in the style of the [[Tegart fort|Tegart forts]] from the [[Mandatory Palestine|British Mandate]] era. It is one of four high-security criminal prisons operated by the Israel Prison Service.<ref>http://elyon1.court.gov.il/files/15/580/088/b15/15088580.b15.htm{{Dead link|date=October 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Ayalon Prison has 625 cells divided into 15 wings, including an isolation wing for prisoners in [[solitary confinement]]. It has an educational center with six classrooms for [[Education in Israel|primary education]] and classes for [[English language|English]], [[Computer|computers]] and [[art]]. The prison also has facilities for [[meditation]], [[Sport|sports]], [[parenting]], [[drug rehabilitation]] in addition to eight factories which employ inmates<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.haaretz.co.il/.premium-MAGAZINE-1.2853435|title = הקשר בין אסירים בכלא איילון לחנויות יוקרה בכיכר המדינה}}</ref> and a radio station operated by inmates selected and trained to broadcast rehabilitative and educational content to all other prisons in Israel.
The prison was opened in 1950, and was built in the style of the [[Tegart fort]]s from the [[Mandatory Palestine|British Mandate]] era. It is one of four high-security criminal prisons operated by the Israel Prison Service.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://elyon1.court.gov.il/files/15/580/088/b15/15088580.b15.htm |title=פסק-דין בתיק רע"ב 8858/15 |website=elyon1.court.gov.il |access-date=22 May 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20160804120322/http://elyon1.court.gov.il/files/15/580/088/b15/15088580.b15.htm |archive-date=4 August 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Ayalon Prison has 625 cells divided into 15 wings, including an isolation wing for prisoners in [[solitary confinement]]. It has an educational center with six classrooms for [[Education in Israel|primary education]] and classes for [[English language|English]], [[computer]]s and [[art]]. The prison also has facilities for [[meditation]], [[sport]]s, [[parenting]], and [[drug rehabilitation]], in addition to eight factories which employ inmates<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.haaretz.co.il/.premium-MAGAZINE-1.2853435|title = הקשר בין אסירים בכלא איילון לחנויות יוקרה בכיכר המדינה| newspaper=הארץ }}</ref> and a radio station operated by inmates selected and trained to broadcast rehabilitative and educational content to all other prisons in Israel.


==Notable inmates==
==Notable inmates==
* [[Adolf Eichmann]], a [[Nazi Germany|Nazi German]] official and major organizer of the [[The Holocaust|Holocaust]] during [[World War II]]; executed in 1962 following his capture by [[Mossad]] agents in [[Argentina]]. He is one of only two people to be executed in Israel since its independence. His executioner was Ramla guard [[Shalom Nagar]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tv7israelnews.com/israel-readies-new-death-penalty-law/ |title=Israel readies new death penalty law |publisher=Tv7 Israel News |date=2023-03-03}}</ref><ref name=":0" />

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* [[John Demjanjuk]], a [[Trawniki men|Ukrainian guard at Nazi death camps]] during the Holocaust; extradited from the [[United States]] to [[Israel]] in 1986 and imprisoned at Ayalon until 1993.<ref>{{cite news|author=Der Spiegel |url=http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-13517583.html |title=DER SPIEGEL 11/1986 - Absolute Gerechtigkeit |newspaper=Der Spiegel |publisher=Spiegel.de |date= 9 March 1986|accessdate=2013-06-19}}</ref>
* [[Adolf Eichmann]], a [[Nazi Germany|Nazi German]] official and major organizer of the [[The Holocaust|Holocaust]] during [[World War II]]; executed in 1962 following his capture by [[Mossad]] agents in [[Argentina]]
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* [[Yigal Amir]], an Israeli right-wing ultranationalist who [[Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin|assassinated]] the fifth [[Prime Minister of Israel]], [[Yitzhak Rabin]], in 1995.
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* [[John Demjanjuk]], a [[Trawniki men|Ukrainian guard at Nazi death camps]] during the Holocaust; extradited from the [[United States]] to [[Israel]] in 1986 and imprisoned at Ayalon until 1993<ref>{{cite web|author=Der Spiegel |url=http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-13517583.html |title=DER SPIEGEL 11/1986 - Absolute Gerechtigkeit |publisher=Spiegel.de |date= |accessdate=2013-06-19}}</ref>
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* [[Death of Ben Zygier|Ben Zygier]] (or Prisoner X), an [[History of the Jews in Australia|Australian-Israeli]] veteran of the [[Israel Defense Forces]] and alleged Mossad agent; imprisoned for unspecified crimes and died by suicide while in custody in December 2010.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|author=Politik |url=http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/ben-zygier-mossad-agent-soll-haeftling-x-gewesen-sein-a-882982.html |title=Ben Zygier: Mossad-Agent soll Häftling X gewesen sein - SPIEGEL ONLINE |publisher=Spiegel.de |date=2010-06-24 |accessdate=2013-06-19}}</ref>
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* [[Yigal Amir]], an Israeli right-wing ultranationalist who [[Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin|assassinated]] the fifth [[Prime Minister of Israel]], [[Yitzhak Rabin]], in 1995
* [[Yishai Schlissel]], stabbed marchers at multiple [[Jerusalem gay pride parade|Jerusalem pride parades]] in 2005 and 2015.
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* [[Death of Ben Zygier|Ben Zygier]] (or [[Prisoner X]]), an [[History of the Jews in Australia|Australian-Israeli]] veteran of the [[Israel Defense Forces]] and alleged Mossad agent; imprisoned for unspecified crimes and died by suicide while in custody in December 2010<ref>{{cite web|author=Politik |url=http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/ben-zygier-mossad-agent-soll-haeftling-x-gewesen-sein-a-882982.html |title=Ben Zygier: Mossad-Agent soll Häftling X gewesen sein - SPIEGEL ONLINE |publisher=Spiegel.de |date=2010-06-24 |accessdate=2013-06-19}}</ref>
* [[Meir Kahane]], was jailed there in 1980 for six months for planning armed attacks against Arabs. During his time there, he wrote his best-selling and controversial book, They Must Go.


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Latest revision as of 20:04, 20 December 2024

Ayalon Prison
בית סוהר איילון‎
View of a guard tower at the prison, 2010
Map showing the location of Ayalon Prison within the State of Israel
Map showing the location of Ayalon Prison within the State of Israel
Ayalon Prison
Location within Israel
StatusOperational
Security classMaximum
Capacity625 cells (15 wings)
Opened1950
Former nameRamla Prison
Managed byIsrael Prison Service
CityRamla
Country Israel

Ayalon Prison (Hebrew: בית סוהר איילון), formerly known as Ramla Prison, is a maximum-security prison located in Ramla, Israel. It is managed by the Israel Prison Service.

The prison was opened in 1950, and was built in the style of the Tegart forts from the British Mandate era. It is one of four high-security criminal prisons operated by the Israel Prison Service.[1] Ayalon Prison has 625 cells divided into 15 wings, including an isolation wing for prisoners in solitary confinement. It has an educational center with six classrooms for primary education and classes for English, computers and art. The prison also has facilities for meditation, sports, parenting, and drug rehabilitation, in addition to eight factories which employ inmates[2] and a radio station operated by inmates selected and trained to broadcast rehabilitative and educational content to all other prisons in Israel.

Notable inmates

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References

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  1. ^ "פסק-דין בתיק רע"ב 8858/15". elyon1.court.gov.il. Archived from the original on 4 August 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  2. ^ "הקשר בין אסירים בכלא איילון לחנויות יוקרה בכיכר המדינה". הארץ.
  3. ^ "Israel readies new death penalty law". Tv7 Israel News. 3 March 2023.
  4. ^ a b Politik (24 June 2010). "Ben Zygier: Mossad-Agent soll Häftling X gewesen sein - SPIEGEL ONLINE". Spiegel.de. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
  5. ^ Der Spiegel (9 March 1986). "DER SPIEGEL 11/1986 - Absolute Gerechtigkeit". Der Spiegel. Spiegel.de. Retrieved 19 June 2013.

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