20.04.2005|Judgment|Judgment / District Court
PP (Haifa) 598/05 - Samara v. Commander of Kishon Detention Center Transcript and Decision
The court criticized the holding of a detainee in the investigations wing in Kishon Detention Center without making a record of his presence there. The court ruled that, in accordance with statutory law and case law, a precise record of every person being held in every detention facility must be maintained so that the detainee’s family can know his whereabouts and act to protect his rights. The court also held that, as a rule, a detainee whose interrogation has ended and is being held until the end of the legal proceedings should not be kept in an interrogations wing and should be handed over to the Israel Prison Service and be provided the conditions given to prisoners. Shortly before the hearing on the petition, the detainee was moved to Megiddo Prison, and the judge mentioned his impression that the filing of the petition caused the move.
