38 more COVID-19 cases among Palestinians in Israel’s Ramon prison

Ramallah (QNN)- 38 new cases of COVID-19 were recorded among Palestinian prisoners in Israel’s Ramon prison, raising the total number of Palestinian prisoners who contracted the virus inside the prison to 111 since January 11, today said the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS).
The PPS stated that the number is set to rise, saying that the deliberate procrastinations by Israel prisons service (IPS) in providing the necessary preventive measures inside sections of prisons is the reason behind the spread of the virus.
It also warned that this prison, where 650 Palestinians are incarcerated, houses some 40 prisoners with chronic diseases and elderly who are serving life sentences.
Some of the more serious cases were transported to hospital after their conditions have worsened with the pandemic.
The group has repeatedly called on the international human rights organizations, on top of which the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), to follow up the situation of the prisoners and to defy all the restrictions put in place by the Israeli prison authorities in the way to ensuring the safety and health wellbeing of the prisoners.
It’s worth mentioning that Israel’s Public Security Minister Amir Ohana refuses to give coronavirus vaccine to Palestinian prisoners, which Palestinian organizations call “racism” and aimed at “increasing the suffering of prisoners and to psychologically torture them and their families.”
According to Palestinian estimates, there are 4,400 Palestinians in Israeli prisons, including 41 women, 170 children, and around 380 people held under Israel’s administrative detention policy, which allows the detention of Palestinians without charge or trial.