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Riots at Eshel Prison: Dozens of criminal prisoners riot begins, guards break into wings - voila! news

2023-06-08T20:12:02.206Z

Highlights: Prisoners in Be'er Sheva refused to follow orders and set fire to their cells. Special forces broke into the cells and removed the prisoners. The prisoners were sentenced to solitary confinement. The incident occurred on June 8, but no one was hurt in the incident. The police are investigating the cause of the fire. The fire was caused by the prisoners setting fire to the prison's cells. The prison is located in the town of Givatayim, in the southern part of the country.


The prisoners refused to listen to the orders and poured oil on the prison floor to detain the guards, who broke into the prisoners' wings together with IPS special forces and removed prisoners from them in order to disperse the riot sites. The prisoners who were taken out were sentenced to solitary confinement. IPS: "We will not allow disturbances of public order and discipline in facilities"


Security prisoners set cells on fire (Photo: IPS)

At Eshel prison in Be'er Sheva, riots broke out Thursday evening. A riot broke out, during which dozens of criminal prisoners serving their sentences poured oil on the prison floor and refused the guards' orders.

Following the incidents, prison guards and fighters from the special units of the Israel Prison Service broke into the wings and removed prisoners from them in order to disperse the centers of power. The IPS said that the 17 prisoners removed from the wings, former Soviet Union, were sentenced to solitary confinement and that "the IPS will not allow disturbances of public order and discipline in its facilities."

Riots at Eshel Prison, June 8, 2023 (Photo: IPS Spokesperson's Office)

In another incident in the city, a Israel Prison Service vehicle parked on Masada Street was set on fire. There were no casualties and the police opened an investigation.

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Source: walla

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