Israel · North · Megiddo
Megiddo Prison
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Megiddo Prison is a prison operated by the Israel Prison Service (IPS / Shabas). Regional bloc: North. Holds security detainees; significant Palestinian population.
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Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 1 Dec 2024 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
Israel Prison Service (IPS)Population held
male
Opened
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Region
North
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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Marwan Barghouti1959 · politician- Zakaria Zubeidi1976 · militant
Raja Eghbariah1952 · politicianRaja Eghbaria (Arabic: رجا إغبارÙØ©, born 1952) is a Palestinian-Israeli activist.
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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Same country, matched on type + security level where possible.
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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
- Israel Prison Service — facility list — Israel Prison Service (Shabas / שב״ס)
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q6620424)
- Wikipedia
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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World Prisons. (2024). Megiddo Prison. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/megiddo-prison
"Megiddo Prison." World Prisons. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/megiddo-prison.
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title = {Megiddo Prison},
year = {2024},
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urldate = {2026-10-20}
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