Neve Tirtza Prison (
Hebrew
Hebrew (; ; ) is a Northwest Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Historically, it is one of the spoken languages of the Israelites and their longest-surviving descendants, the Jews and Samaritans. It was largely preserved ...
: בית סוהר נווה תרצה) is
Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
's only women's prison.
Neve Tirtza opened in 1968. It is one of several prisons located in
Ramla
Ramla or Ramle ( he, רַמְלָה, ''Ramlā''; ar, الرملة, ''ar-Ramleh'') is a city in the Central District of Israel. Today, Ramle is one of Israel's mixed cities, with both a significant Jewish and Arab populations.
The city was f ...
and is directly adjacent to
Maasiyahu Prison
Maasiyahu Prison is a minimum-security prison in Ramle, Israel, run by the Israel Prison Service.
History
Prisoners who have proven responsible have access to various places of employment and education programs, the right to take vacations from pr ...
. In 2019, there were 200 women incarcerated at Neve Tirtza.
See also
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Incarceration of women
This article discusses the incarceration of women in correctional facilities. As of 2013 across the world, 625,000 women and children were being held in penal institutions, and the female prison population was increasing in all continents.< ...
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Israeli Prison Service
Israeli may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to the State of Israel
* Israelis, citizens or permanent residents of the State of Israel
* Modern Hebrew, a language
* ''Israeli'' (newspaper), published from 2006 to 2008
* Guni Israeli ...
References
External links
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*{{cite web, url=https://www.gov.il/en/departments/general/unique_prisons, title=Special Population Prisons, publisher=Ministry of Public Security , date= 2018-07-24
Prisons in Israel
Buildings and structures in Ramla
Buildings and structures in Central District (Israel)
Women's prisons