Human Rights Abuses
Non-governmental organizations such has Machsom Watch have continuously reported the imprisonment of children in Ofer Prison. A delegation of British MPs visiting the facilities alleged human rights abuses:
The children came in handcuffed with their hands in front of them but all too often their hands are cuffed behind their backs. —Richard Burden, Haaretz, 13/12/10Read more about this topic: Ofer Prison
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