Israel holding 58 Palestinian women ‘under dire conditions’

‘The Israeli regime is holding at least 58 Palestinian women, including 10 minors, “under dire conditions” in its jails, the Prisoners and Freed Prisoners Committee says.
The committee recently said the female prisoners were being held in HaSharon and Damon jails. It said the Palestinian women suffered physical and emotional abuse by the Israeli Prison Service (IPS).
The basic rights of the inmates, the committee said, are violated as they have no access to essential needs such as medical care. Several of the jailed women were under 18 when they were sentenced and they have turned 18 behind Israeli bars.
The number of female prisoners in Israeli jails has increased in the past several months. The Palestinian women are serving sentences of eight months to 16 years, and some of them are held without charge or trial under the so-called administrative detention policy.’
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