The Commission of Prisoners' Affairs and Ex-Prisoners said in a statement on Monday that female prisoners at Damon Prison are suffering from inhumane and extremely difficult detention conditions. The food is poor in both quantity and quality, causing digestive system problems for the prisoners, and all of them have lost significant weight.

The Commission's lawyer, citing the female prisoners who were visited, said that prisoner Karam Muhammad Musa, 53 years old, from the town of Sarra/Nablus, was arrested on 2/25/2025. She suffered from difficult detention conditions, as she was detained in a blood-stained, extremely dirty cell, unfit for human habitation, with no place to pray, without food, and with a small mattress that she and another female prisoner took turns on.

Prisoner Karam indicated that the food provided to her after her interrogation later caused her constipation and was insufficient for the number of prisoners in the room. The prison administration provides one plate of legumes for eight prisoners, and the duration of the break is limited to one hour, which the prisoners use to shower.

In the same context, prisoner Hanin Muhammad Jaber (44 years old) from Nour Shams camp lost eight kilograms of her weight during five months of detention due to malnutrition. She was arrested on 12/3/2024 while she was on an outing with her children in the park, on charges of sheltering and feeding her son, as the occupation authorities claim that he is “wanted” by them.

As for the prisoner Fidaa Suhail Asaf (49) years old from the town of Kafr Laqif/Qalqilya, she has been suffering from blood cancer for a year - that is, before her arrest, and the occupation forces raided her home on 02/24/2025 and arrested her on the pretext of incitement via social media sites - Facebook - after which she was investigated and transferred to Al-Damon prison, and she has a court session on 05/21/2025.

Note that her health condition is stable and she has been taking the required medications regularly for two weeks.

The Commission’s lawyer also visited prisoner Shahd Majed Hassan (23 years old) from Ramallah, who has been detained since 03/05/2025 and was sentenced to 4 months of administrative detention.

In this context, the prisoner says: “I was arrested from my home, then transferred to Ofer Prison, then to Beit El, then to Sharon for one night, and then to Damon Prison. It was a journey of torture, as the treatment was very bad. I remained handcuffed the entire time, and was subjected to insults and humiliations along the way.”