"Elsewhere in the Ramle prison, Eliyahu Herbst, 50, claims that he was removed without justification from the Disengagement Wing, and placed in solitary confinement. Herbst has refused to be released from prison, saying he is a "calming and unifying influence" on the youths being held there.
Last Thursday, while being taken in handcuffs to a hearing in the Supreme Court, a policeman brutally pulled Herbst out of the car by his handcuffs - causing him to fall on the ground - and he was then dragged again by his handcuffs on the ground to another car, into which he was thrown. After waiting a long while for medical treatment, he was placed in solitary confinement without his belongings, and was humiliated with only a sheet around him. He later told his family in the lone phone call allowed him, "They are trying to get me to agree to be released under the conditions they set. I came in here with my head high, and I'll continue sitting here with my head high. They won't succeed in humiliating me."
In general, youths imprisoned in the Disengagement Wing report that conditions have been worsened there. Visits and phone calls are restricted, and the youths say they are barely allowed to leave their cells. The Honenu legal organization says it has submitted complaints to the Prison Service on the topic, but no response has yet been forthcoming."
"Strook said that there have been cases of violence by the jailers, and that there is even the fear that the prison will dissolve the Disengagement Wing and spread the youths in cells throughout the prisons."
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"More Incidents of Police Brutality Against Protestors"
"Reported incidents of police brutality continue to accumulate, indicating a worrisome trend as the date of the disengagement/expulsion nears."
"One youth imprisoned in Maasiyahu Prison in Ramle reports that as he was waiting for a disciplinary hearing, Prison Commander Rami Ovadiah punched him in the face, and said to him, "You want me to bang your head into the wall? You want me to hang you?" The the youth was sentenced the next day to 30 days of no phone or visiting privileges, and was taken from the prison's Disengagement Wing to a form of solitary confinement."
"Elsewhere in the Ramle prison, Eliyahu Herbst, 50, claims that he was removed without justification from the Disengagement Wing, and placed in solitary confinement. Herbst has refused to be released from prison, saying he is a "calming and unifying influence" on the youths being held there.
Last Thursday, while being taken in handcuffs to a hearing in the Supreme Court, a policeman brutally pulled Herbst out of the car by his handcuffs - causing him to fall on the ground - and he was then dragged again by his handcuffs on the ground to another car, into which he was thrown. After waiting a long while for medical treatment, he was placed in solitary confinement without his belongings, and was humiliated with only a sheet around him. He later told his family in the lone phone call allowed him, "They are trying to get me to agree to be released under the conditions they set. I came in here with my head high, and I'll continue sitting here with my head high. They won't succeed in humiliating me."
In general, youths imprisoned in the Disengagement Wing report that conditions have been worsened there. Visits and phone calls are restricted, and the youths say they are barely allowed to leave their cells. The Honenu legal organization says it has submitted complaints to the Prison Service on the topic, but no response has yet been forthcoming."
"Strook said that there have been cases of violence by the jailers, and that there is even the fear that the prison will dissolve the Disengagement Wing and spread the youths in cells throughout the prisons."
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