Israel Prison Service

'You picked the wrong minister': Ben-Gvir threatens terrorists with execution in prison footage

The footage shows a meeting he held about a month ago with terrorists who, he claims, belonged to one of the cells that planned to assassinate him and harm members of his family.

|ByALON HACHMON
National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir confronts an imprisoned terrorist.
Prison guards of the Israel Prison Service seen at the Givon Prison in the city of Ramla, central Israel, January 11, 2026

Court bars solitary confinement for Agam Tsarafi, rebukes IPS over prison video

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir had defended the IPS after the footage emerged, alleging that Tsarafi disrupted order and mistreated prisoners and staff.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
Prison guards of the Israel Prison Service seen at the Givon Prison in the city of Ramla, central Israel, January 11, 2026

Murder suspect's legal team files urgent court order following leaked prison video

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir defended the Prison Service’s treatment of Tsarafi in a statement responding to the public defender’s criticism.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
Yaniv Sardal, an Israeli who went missing in the West Bank.

Security forces successfully locate missing Israeli who entered Palestinian village in West Bank

Security forces launched an interdepartmental manhunt in order to locate him after he was reported to have entered an unspecified Palestinian village.

|ByTZVI JASPER

Israel Prison Service catch sex offender moments before he re-offends

The supervisee was observed and recorded at the entrance to the street where he lives, trying to commit an indecent act in public in front of a mother and her daughter.

DECEMBER 5, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Major-General Katy Perry, head of the Israel Prison Service and Chief of Police Kobi Shabtai at a replacing ceremony of outgoing minister Omer Bar lev and incoming Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir, in Jerusalem on January 01, 2023.

Israel Prison Service starts processing Hamas terrorists captured since Oct. 7 massacres

"These are the most dangerous terrorists held in Israel and we take all necessary security measures,: IPS Commissioner Katy Perry said.

NOVEMBER 9, 2023ByALEX WINSTON
View of the Gilboa Prison, near Israel Valley, December 5, 2022

Why are Israeli prisons infested with sex scandals? - analysis

The inability to address the role of female guards in security wings demonstrates a systemic failure in the IPS.

OCTOBER 2, 2023ByMICHAEL STARR
Major-General Katy Perry, head of the Israel Prison Service and Chief of Police Kobi Shabtai at a replacing ceremony of outgoing minister Omer Bar lev and incoming Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir, in Jerusalem on January 01, 2023.