Neve Tirtza Women's Prison
.jpg) Nive Tirtza, 1969 | |
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| Coordinates | 31°56′01″N 34°52′52″E / 31.933728°N 34.881051°E |
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| Country | Israel |
Neve Tirtza Prison (Hebrew: בית סוהר נווה תרצה) is Israel's only women's prison.
Neve Tirtza opened in 1968.[1] Before it opened, female prisoners were held in special women's wings of what were otherwise men's prisons. It is one of several prisons located in Ramla[2] and is directly adjacent to Maasiyahu Prison. In 2019, there were 200 women incarcerated at Neve Tirtza.[3][4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Abadi, Mark. "There's only one women's prison in Israel — and a photographer documented the inmates in harrowing detail". Business Insider. Retrieved 2021-10-13.
- ^ "Israel's Only Women's Prison Is Overcrowded and Run Down, but There Are No Plans to Fix It". Haaretz. Retrieved 2021-10-13.
- ^ Scodie, Louise. "Behind the bars in Israel's only female prison". jewishnews.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 2021-10-13.
- ^ "Israel: Conditions for the women prisoners in Neve Tirza are…". OMCT. Retrieved 2021-10-13.
External links
[edit]- "Aspects of the Incarceration of Women in Israel – Summary" (PDF). Research and Information Center, The Knesset. 12 July 2017.
- "Special Population Prisons". Ministry of Public Security. 2018-07-24.