An unusual confrontation took place this morning (Thursday) during the testimony of the Sheriff's Commissioner before the Gilboa prison escape investigation committee between the chairman of the committee Judge Menachem Finkelstein and Kathy Perry, regarding a document he presented to the Sheriff's Commissioner according to which during an activity carried out in Ramon Prison in 2019, While he served as the commander of the southern district, an excavation was discovered in the shower in one of the cells and despite this a tunnel was dug under the shower in Gilboa Prison.
Security prisoners dug under a doluchim box and reached a space of 10 cm. It should be noted that the Ramon prison was also built on stilts and spaces were found under the prison. "This is a defining document because it says that the threat of escape still exists from the shower." Finkelstein added that in the conclusions of the investigation it was specifically determined that harm The floor allows access to the space. This is a real threat. This is a commission investigation.
"Either Muni, who is the head of the AGM, or my lady who was from the Southern Police Department, should give an answer to this. You said that you led the whole issue of the underground since the escape attempt on November 20. Here we are talking about 2019. What happened in Gilboa is one by one," he said Finkelstein.
Chairman of the committee Menachem Finkelstein, photo: no credit
Commissioner Kathy Perry replied: "I gained a lot of knowledge in the field of construction as well. As for Ramon, it's a matter of phone calls. The Diamond Unit came with their equipment. There was a general discussion that I did not write.
The cost of building and changing the piping cost NIS 900,000.
They started working and it was stopped due to lack of budget."
Finkelstein: "No, not always. I'm having trouble getting your answer."
The commissioner: "It makes me very sad."
Finkelstein replied: "Leading a line of staff work because of an incident of an escape attempt from Eshel prison. Now we have a defining event that is one-on-one in Gilboa. Did you tell your replacement? Why, in terms of preserving knowledge in the organization, did you not bring it to the CEO of the office at the time?"
It seems a significant event.
We are trying to show a sequence that the organization knew over the years about the possibility of escape.
Everything was here."
Committee member Prof. Efrat Shaham added: "It gives the impression that everything was taken care of from a conception. The importance is not whether you, as a member of the Olive Branch, gave a response, it failed to shock other places."
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