Reference :
V-P-IL-E-02574
Date :
26/07/2012
Caption :
Ramon detention centre. An ICRC team visits the prison.
Confidentiality level :
public
Publication restrictions :
publication without restrictions
Description :
ICRC website, Photo gallery, 20/08/2012
Israel: an ICRC prison visit, step by step
The ICRC has visited prisoners held by Israel since 1967; currently, it carries out visits each year to some 10,000 people held by Israel, the Palestinian Authority and Hamas. Its working methods are the same here as everywhere else in the world where this activity is conducted. The aim is to ensure correct treatment and decent conditions of detention and to help provide the detainees with a link to the outside world.
The ICRC distributes Red Cross Messages, which contain brief news from the detainees’ families. Detainees can write back. Delegates pass on verbal messages between families and detainees who do not receive family visits. Some detainees sign Power of Attorney forms, sent by their families. These enable detainees’ wives to make financial transactions.
Original material :
digital
Resolution :
5760x3840
Orientation :
landscape
Colour/B&W :
colour
