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Telmond Prison in Hasharon, north of Tel Aviv, is one of Israel's largest prison complexes. It has a section for Israeli criminals, including juveniles, as well as Palestinian men, women, and children "security" detainees and other prisoners.
Damon Prison on Mount Carmel, near Haifa, was originally a tobacco warehouse and stable, its appalling conditions unfit for human habitation, especially, of course, for women and children.
Al-Jalameh Detention Center is a maximum security facility in Kishon, near Haifa.
Article 10 of the 1955 Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners states:
"All accommodation provided for the use of prisoners and in particular all sleeping accommodation shall meet all requirements of health, due regard being paid to climate conditions and particularly to cubic content of air, minimum floor space, lighting, heating and ventilation."
Article 19 states:
"Every prisoner shall, in accordance with local or national standards, be provided with a separate bed, and with separate and sufficient bedding which shall be clean when issued, kept in good order and changed often enough to ensure its cleanliness."
Nonetheless, Palestinian women endure severe overcrowding conditions, affecting their health and safety.
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