Palestinian prisoner dies in Negev jail

Prisoner Barghouthi, a 23-year-old from Aboud village in the west of Ramallah, reportedly fell to the ground unconscious in a bathroom in the jail, which is located in the Negev desert.

Prisoners said that the prison administration delayed providing the prisoner with medical assistance for about half an hour after his fellow prisoners started to shout for help.

Barghouthi had been in the Negev jail for four years, serving an eight-year prison term.

Around 5,700 Palestinians, including numerous women and children, are currently detained in zionist occupation regime’s prisons.

According to the Palestinian Prisoner’s Club, 90 percent of prisoners have become ill while in prison due to poor conditions and negligence which may have deteriorated their health.

At least 183 Palestinian minors were held in Israeli prisons as security detainees and prisoners, of whom at least 3 were held in administrative detention. Another 5 Palestinian minors were held in Israel Prison Service facilities for being in Israel illegally. (ILKHA)