How did one of Israel's most secured prisoners contract COVID-19?
The prisoners made complaints in the past that the guards would constantly come in and out of the prison without doing a corona check.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFFA Palestinian prisoner, convicted of security offences against Israel, looks out of his cell at Nitzan jail(photo credit: REUTERS/NIR ELIAS)
One of Israel's most secured prisoners, in the Shatah prison, has contracted the coronavirus, Ynet reported on Tuesday. It is unclear when or how the prisoner contracted the virus.It came as a surprise to the prison security services that a "well known" criminal, locked in his cell for 23 hours a day along with only 15 others in the same conditions, had contracted the virus. The prisoners in that wing can only meet visitors with a glass screen divider, thus negating the possibility that the prisoner contracted the virus from someone outside the prison.The prisoners were tested for the coronavirus just two weeks ago, and every one of them had a negative test result. However, upon hearing that one of them had contracted the virus, other prisoners became worried and complained of muscle and throat pains.There is a "gloomy atmosphere" in the prison, and prisoners are concerned that they could be exposed, according to Ynet. They have complained in the past that the guards would constantly come in and out of the prison without getting tested for coronavirus.The prison services responded in a statement that they are doing everything within their power to contain the virus and to prevent others from being infected.
