The Palestinian Prisoners' Media Office reported on Saturday that the Israeli Ramon prison witnessed a "serious escalation" during the current December, including collective mistreatment of prisoners who are suffering difficult humanitarian conditions with the onset of winter.
According to previous data published by the Palestinian Prisoners' Club (non-governmental), the number of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons reached 10,800 as of early August, including 49 female prisoners and 450 children.
The club clarified that the total number does not include detainees in military camps affiliated with the Israeli army, including prisoners from Lebanon and Syria.
The Palestinian Prisoners' Media Office mentioned in a statement that the "Janot" prison (Ramon) in southern Israel witnessed during the current December, "the implementation of 3 consecutive suppression campaigns on the dates of 14, 16, and 19 of the month".
Also, "storming the prisoners' rooms and assaulting them with beating and collective mistreatment without exception", amid "the continuation of harsh isolation conditions without any improvements", according to the office.
The statement pointed out the deprivation of Palestinian prisoners from "the simplest necessities of life", where "solitary confinement poses an increasing danger to the prisoners' lives".
The office said that the prisoners in the prison live "difficult humanitarian conditions with the onset of winter, with extreme cold and the absence of the minimum heating, and a severe shortage in winter clothing".
It explained that "each prisoner has only two blankets and one jacket that are not sufficient to face the cold, with almost complete absence of winter underwear, and the suffering worsens during night hours due to the drop in temperatures".
The office warned of "direct negative effects on the prisoners' physical health and their ability to endure, with the continuation of the policy of deliberate neglect and non-response to basic needs".
The office considered what is happening in the Israeli prison as "punitive measures and systematic collective punishment".
The Palestinian Prisoners' Media Office held Israel "fully responsible for the safety of the prisoners, warning of "serious repercussions for the continuation of the policy of isolation and repression".
It called for "urgent legal and humanitarian intervention to stop the crimes inside Israeli prisons".
The Israeli Ramon prison witnessed a serious escalation during the current December, including collective mistreatment of prisoners who are suffering difficult humanitarian conditions with the onset of winter.
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Serious escalation in the Israeli Ramon prison and collective mistreatment of Palestinian prisoners