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Ayalon Prison
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Ayalon Prison is a prison operated by the Israel Prison Service (IPS / Shabas). Regional bloc: Center. Ramle complex; holds long-term security prisoners.
Background
Ayalon Prison (Hebrew: ××ת ס××ר ××××××, romanized: Beit Sohar Ayalon), formerly known as Ramla Prison, is a maximum-security prison located in Ramla, Israel. It is managed by the Israel Prison Service. The prison was opened in 1950, and was built in the style of the Tegart forts from the British Mandate era. It is one of four high-security criminal prisons operated by the Israel Prison Service. Ayalon Prison has 625 cells divided into 15 wings, including an isolation wing for prisoners in solitary confinement.
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Capacity
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Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
1950
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 1 Dec 2024 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
Israel Prison Service (IPS)Population held
male
Opened
1950
Region
Center
Security level
High
Death-row facility
No
Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
Notable inmates
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Contact & address
No public contact details available.
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
Related facilities
Same country, matched on type + security level where possible.
- Ramon PrisonNegevHighPrison
- Megiddo PrisonMegiddoHighPrison
- Hasharon PrisonRamleHighPrison
- Naqab PrisonNegevHighPrison
- Be'er Sheva PrisonBe'er ShevaHighPrison
- Rimonim PrisonSha'ar EfraimHighPrison
Data completeness
48%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- Wikipedia — List of prisons in Israel
- IPS official overview (English)
- B'Tselem detention statistics
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- Israel Prison Service — facility list — Israel Prison Service (Shabas / שב״ס)
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q4073786)
- Wikipedia
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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World Prisons. (2024). Ayalon Prison. Retrieved October 15, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/ayalon-prison
"Ayalon Prison." World Prisons. Accessed October 15, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/ayalon-prison.
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title = {Ayalon Prison},
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