The Prisoners and Freed Prisoners Affairs Authority published the names of a number of prisoners who were visited in the Negev and Megiddo prisons.

The Commission confirmed in a report issued on Monday that all prisoners came to the visit with their hands tied, and the jailers refused to remove their shackles despite the lawyer’s objection, which put additional psychological pressure on them and made it difficult to sign their powers of attorney or even carry the phone designated for the visit. It was also clear that all prisoners had lost significant body weight due to malnutrition and the retaliatory punishments imposed on them for more than a year.

The prisoners who were visited are:

-Prisoner Ahmed Salem (42 years old) from Ramallah, who was arrested on 10/10/2023, and was sentenced to administrative detention for a period of 6 months, which was renewed twice. It is worth noting that he is a former prisoner who spent 17 years in Israeli prisons, and is currently in the Negev prison.

- Prisoner Majd Zahran (32 years old) from the town of Biddu in the Jerusalem Governorate, who has been detained since 10/13/2023, and is supposed to be released on 4/6/2025 if his administrative detention is not renewed. He is currently in the Negev prison.

- Prisoner Waseem Bani Hassan (22 years old) from Jenin, who suffers from a worrying health condition, as he cannot hear with his right ear, as a result of the severe beating he was subjected to by the prison guards last May, which caused him severe wounds to the head and ear, in addition to his suffering from scabies disease. It is worth noting that he is currently in Megiddo Prison, and was arrested on 12/11/2023, and a 6-month administrative prison sentence was issued against him, which was renewed once.

-Prisoner Muhammad Arif Freihat (43 years old) from Jenin has been detained since 8/12/2024, and was sentenced to 6 months of administrative detention. He is currently in Megiddo Prison.

The Prisoners Authority pointed out that there were a number of prisoners who were supposed to be visited, but the lawyer was surprised that a number of them were transferred to other prisons, while the other part was unable to go out for the visit, due to what the prison administration stated, which is that it is carrying out cleaning and sterilization campaigns for some sections.