The Prisoners Media Office has reported that Palestinian detainees face widespread physical and psychological torture across Israeli prisons and detention centres. Facilities including Ofer, Gilboa, Megiddo, Negev, Janot, and Damon are cited for practices aimed at breaking both the body and spirit of prisoners, in clear violation of international human rights law and the Geneva Conventions.

In Negev prison, detainees are subjected to beatings, cigarette burns, rubber bullet shootings, sexual assault, chronic hunger, and denial of medical care. Janot prison enforces daily physical and verbal repression, restricted lawyer access, and prolonged solitary confinement. Female prisoners in Damon face humiliating strip searches, beatings, threats of rape, confiscation of hijabs and cloaks, restraint during medical treatment, and complete isolation from their children. Surveillance cameras inside cells further strip detainees of privacy and dignity.

Legal teams face severe restrictions, with visits blocked, messages from families prevented, and threats of punitive measures. The International Committee of the Red Cross is often denied access, and measures such as emergency declarations and prolonged bans exacerbate detainees’ isolation. The PMO warned that these policies constitute deliberate, systemic abuse intended to suppress prisoners while concealing violations from the international community. Such actions represent a flagrant escalation in the occupation’s campaign to violate prisoners’ human and legal rights.