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'''Ayalon Prison''' ({{Lang-he|בית סוהר איילון}}), formerly known as '''Ramla Prison''', |
'''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]]. |
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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]], [[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]], [[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. |
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Revision as of 15:53, 4 August 2023
 View of a guard tower at the prison, 2010 | |
  Ayalon Prison Location within Israel | |
| Status | Operational |
|---|---|
| Security class | Maximum |
| Capacity | 625 cells (15 wings) |
| Opened | 1950 |
| Former name | Ramla Prison |
| Managed by | Israel Prison Service |
| City | Ramla |
| Country |  Israel |
Ayalon Prison (Template:Lang-he), 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, 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
- Adolf Eichmann, a Nazi German official and major organizer of the 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.[3]
- John Demjanjuk, a Ukrainian guard at Nazi death camps during the Holocaust; extradited from the United States to Israel in 1986 and imprisoned at Ayalon until 1993.[4]
- Yigal Amir, an Israeli right-wing ultranationalist who assassinated the fifth Prime Minister of Israel, Yitzhak Rabin, in 1995.
- Ben Zygier (or Prisoner X), an 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.[5]
- Yishai Schlissel, stabbed marchers at multiple Jerusalem pride parades in 2005 and 2015.
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ayalon Prison.
- ^ "פסק-דין בתיק רע"ב 8858/15". elyon1.court.gov.il. Archived from the original on 4 August 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
- ^ "הקשר בין אסירים בכלא איילון לחנויות יוקרה בכיכר המדינה".
- ^ "Israel readies new death penalty law". Tv7 Israel News. 3 March 2023.
- ^ Der Spiegel. "DER SPIEGEL 11/1986 - Absolute Gerechtigkeit". Spiegel.de. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
- ^ Politik (24 June 2010). "Ben Zygier: Mossad-Agent soll Häftling X gewesen sein - SPIEGEL ONLINE". Spiegel.de. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
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