The Prisoners and Freed Prisoners Affairs Authority reported today, Wednesday, that the detention conditions in Megiddo Prison are still very bad since the beginning of the war of extermination against our people in the Gaza Strip in October 2023.

The Commission’s lawyer reported after visiting a number of detainees, according to a statement by the Commission, that the detainee Mahdi Jamal Abu Sharifah from Jalazone camp north of Al-Bireh, (32 years old), is still detained and is suffering from “Scabius” disease, and the prison administration has not given him treatment, and he does not have any extra clothes, and he has been wearing the same clothes for some time.

The detainee told the Commission’s lawyer that the situation in the prison is very bad, the food is scarce and poor, cleaning materials are completely unavailable, the shower area is open, there is no privacy, and the prison guards continue to insult and beat him.

The lawyer said that the detainee, Mohammed Ibrahim Saber Abu Muammar, from Ramallah (33 years old), who has been detained for three months and has been an administrative prisoner for six months, has not changed his clothes since his arrest, which has caused the spread of diseases due to the lack of hygiene. He pointed out that Abu Muammar is married and has a son and a daughter, and is in Section 8, where the extreme cold increases the suffering of the detainees.

In turn, the detainee Ayman Nasser Muhammad Subhi Salama from Nablus (31 years old), who has been detained since 3/20/2024, explained that the prison guards treat them in a humiliating manner during their transfer outside the section, as they are handcuffed in a painful manner during their interrogation, noting that he was severely beaten by 10 masked prison guards while he was in his cell, which caused a broken finger, severe pain in the back and spine, and sensitivity in his legs.