Escape from prison and the thunderous silence: the questions that will make it difficult for the IPS commissioner

Katie Perry will appear tomorrow before the government investigation committee for the escape of security prisoners from Gilboa Prison, where she will present her version of the sequence of events.

Her testimony will stand in the shadow of a series of difficulties arising, among other things, from the organization's conduct and her thunderous silence in the prison affair.

Shlomi Heller

11/01/2022

Tuesday, 11 January 2022, 15:32 Updated: 15:49

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The IPS commissioner, Katie Perry, will appear tomorrow (Wednesday) before the government investigation committee for the escape of security prisoners from Gilboa Prison and will present its version of one of the most serious failures in IPS history.

Perry, who was appointed about a year ago, January 2021, to the position by former Homeland Security Minister Amir Ohana, was initially portrayed as the one who was caught in the escape incident, and those around her broadcast that the responsibility for the default lay at an intermediate level.

Like wardens and a commander while in prison.

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According to former senior Prison Service officials, the organization has been stagnant since the precedent-setting event and the establishment of the review committee

. By order of the Speaker. Also, other failures that have been exposed in the erogenous culture and in the matter done in the prisons, such as those requiring immediate treatment, have not yet been thoroughly investigated and implemented.

Commissioner Perry's status after the escape was undermined and in the event that the investigation committee's conclusions included personal recommendations, Perry may find herself outside with her subordinate prison commander Ben Sheetrit.

Commissioner Perry may ask the committee tomorrow about the policy pursued with the security prisoners, as to the conditions and relief they are receiving - in stark contrast to the recommendations of the committees established in the past.

So far, those who have spoken out against this policy have been former senior members of the party.

The prison affair

Four years after the sexual harassment case of prison guards at Gilboa Prison was exposed, State Attorney Amit Isman ordered the reopening of the investigation file.

A year after her appointment, and following the decision of the State Attorney, Commissioner Perry announced the opening of the dismissal process of the intelligence officer at Gilboa Prison at the time, Rani Basha.

Later, the IPS agreed to assist in the treatment of harassed prison guards.

Ironically, the shaky testimony of Gilboa Prison Commander Freddie Ben Sheetrit about two months ago before the committee regarding the sexual harassment of female prison guards led, among others, the IPS and the IPS leadership to take the initiative and advance the dismissal process. The intelligence officer and for the first time an explicit reference on Perry's part to this painful affair.

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