*The administration of Nafaha and Remon Prisons informed the lawyer about visit cancellation under the pretext of imposing a quarantine on detainees due to the spread of scabies*
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Issued by the Commission of Detainees’ Affairs and the Palestinian Society Prisoner’s Club
*The administration of Nafaha and Remon Prisons informed the lawyer about visit cancellation under the pretext of imposing a quarantine on detainees due to the spread of scabies*
September 4, 2024
Ramallah- The administration of Nafaha and Remon prisons informed the lawyers who manage visits to detainees about the cancellation of all visits without determining the duration, claiming the imposition of quarantine due to the spread of scabies disease among detainees.
The commission and the prisoner’s club confirmed in a joint statement that the disease has spread among detainees in several prisons, especially (Negev, Megiddo, Nafaha and Remon), due to the retaliatory measures imposed on detainees, which are part of the systematic and escalating policies of torture and abuse against them.
The commission and the prisoner’s club emphasized, based on testimonies recounted by lawyers who visited detainees and liberated detainees, that the scabies has been spreading in central prisons several weeks ago. They confirmed that the administration of prisons has turned the disease as a means of torture and assault and medical crimes, such as deprivation of treatment and medication, and failing to take the necessary measures to prevent the disease from spreading.
Many reasons were behind the spread of the disease, which are represented in the lack of cleaning materials, decreasing water use and the duration of showers, withdrawals of clothes, in addition to the overcrowding inside sections, the daily arrests, poor ventilation, and the isolation of detainees in cells devoid of sunlight have contributed to the spread of diseases.
The commission and the prisoner’s club stated that the most serious crime committed by the administration of prisons against detainees despite the spread of the disease is the deliberate transfer of detainees between sections, which led to the increase of infections, especially children detainees who exist in minor’s section in Megiddo prison.
The commission and the prisoner’s club hold the administration of prisons fully responsible for detainees’ fate, as tens of sick detainees who have chronic diseases are held in prisons in which the disease spread.
*The administration of Nafaha and Remon Prisons informed the lawyer about visit cancellation under the pretext of imposing a quarantine on detainees due to the spread of scabies*
September 4, 2024
Ramallah- The administration of Nafaha and Remon prisons informed the lawyers who manage visits to detainees about the cancellation of all visits without determining the duration, claiming the imposition of quarantine due to the spread of scabies disease among detainees.
The commission and the prisoner’s club confirmed in a joint statement that the disease has spread among detainees in several prisons, especially (Negev, Megiddo, Nafaha and Remon), due to the retaliatory measures imposed on detainees, which are part of the systematic and escalating policies of torture and abuse against them.
The commission and the prisoner’s club emphasized, based on testimonies recounted by lawyers who visited detainees and liberated detainees, that the scabies has been spreading in central prisons several weeks ago. They confirmed that the administration of prisons has turned the disease as a means of torture and assault and medical crimes, such as deprivation of treatment and medication, and failing to take the necessary measures to prevent the disease from spreading.
Many reasons were behind the spread of the disease, which are represented in the lack of cleaning materials, decreasing water use and the duration of showers, withdrawals of clothes, in addition to the overcrowding inside sections, the daily arrests, poor ventilation, and the isolation of detainees in cells devoid of sunlight have contributed to the spread of diseases.
The commission and the prisoner’s club stated that the most serious crime committed by the administration of prisons against detainees despite the spread of the disease is the deliberate transfer of detainees between sections, which led to the increase of infections, especially children detainees who exist in minor’s section in Megiddo prison.
The commission and the prisoner’s club hold the administration of prisons fully responsible for detainees’ fate, as tens of sick detainees who have chronic diseases are held in prisons in which the disease spread.
