Neve Tirtza Women's Prison

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

Nive Tirtza, 1969

Neve Tirtza opened in 1968.[1] 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]

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References
  1. There's only one women's prison in Israel — and a photographer documented the inmates in harrowing detail
  2. Israel's women's prison is overcrowded and rundown but there's no plan to fix it, Haaretz
  3. Behind bars in Israel's only female prison


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