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Article

11 Dec 2012

Author:
Adri Nieuwhof, Electronic Intifada

Israeli prisons equipped by notorious security firm G4S hold Palestinian teens in solitary confinement

Israel has held six Palestinian boys from Nablus in solitary confinement in al-Jalame detention center...writes Defence for Children International-Palestine Section...Following their detention in al-Jalame, the boys were transferred to Megiddo prison. The transfer into Israel and...detention of the boys violates the Fourth Geneva Convention...G4S has provided security equipment to both al-Jalame and Megiddo prisons, according to a...report...by Who Profits...[T]he UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the West Bank and Gaza, condemned Israel’s use of solitary confinement against Palestinian children...“Prison conditions are often deplorable...Israel’s use of solitary confinement against children “is inhumane, cruel, degrading, and unlawful, and...it is likely to adversely affect the mental and physical health of underage detainees.” [Business & Human Rights Resource Centre invited G4S to respond. G4S referred us to their previous statement]