Maasiyahu Prison
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How to send mail, money, and visit Maasiyahu Prison
Step-by-step guidance using the Israel system — addresses, money services, visit booking, what to bring on your first visit.
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Background
Maasiyahu Prison is a minimum-security prison in Ramle, Israel, run by the Israel Prison Service.
Source: Wikipedia article lead, CC-BY-SA.
Capacity
900
Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
1952
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 29 May 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
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Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1952
Region
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Security level
Minimum
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
- Yishai Schlissel2000
Yishai Schlissel (also spelled Shlisel; Hebrew: ××©× ×©××ס×; born 10 December 1975) is a convicted Israeli murderer.
Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.
Contact & address
No public contact details available.
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
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Compared to other facilities in Israel
59 peersData completeness
30%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q166847)
- Wikipedia
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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World Prisons. (2026). Maasiyahu Prison. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/maasiyahu-prison
"Maasiyahu Prison." World Prisons. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/maasiyahu-prison.
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