Israel · South · Negev
Ketziot Prison
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Ketziot Prison is a administrative detention operated by the Israel Prison Service (IPS / Shabas). Regional bloc: South. Largest administrative detention facility; holds Palestinian detainees without charge. Population surged post-Oct 2023.
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Facility profile
Operator
Israel Prison Service (IPS)
Population held
male
Opened
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Region
South
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.
Contact & address
No public contact details available.
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
Data completeness
42%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
- Israel Prison Service — facility list — Israel Prison Service (Shabas / שב״ס)
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.