Neve Tirtza Women's Prison

Neve Tirtza Prison (Hebrew: בית סוהר נווה תרצה) is Israel's only women's prison.

Neve Tirtza Prison

Nive Tirtza, 1969
Coordinates	31.933728°N 34.881051°E / 31.933728; 34.881051 (Neve Tirtza Prison)
Country	Israel

History

Neve Tirtza opened in 1968.^[1] Before it opened, female prisoners were held in special women's wings of what were otherwise men's prisons. It is one of several prisons located in Ramla^[2] and is directly adjacent to Maasiyahu Prison. In 2019, there were 200 women incarcerated at Neve Tirtza.^[3][4]

Protests and strikes

In 1970, a 9-day hunger strike was undertaken by Palestinians detained in Neve Tirtza over access to sanitary products.^[5]

In 1997, Palestinian prisoner Itaf Alayan, under administrative detention, undertook a 43-day hunger strike at the prison, one of the longest prisoner hunger strikes in the history of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.^[6][7]

In 2001, an 8-day hunger strike was undertaken by Palestinians detained in Neve Tirtza.^[8]

Notable inmates

• Khalida Jarrar
• Rima Hassan
• Rochelle Manning^[9]

See also

• Incarceration of women
• Israeli Prison Service