Who Profits released the following report on the involvement of Israeli and multinational corporations in the Israeli prison system:

On December 2013, the Israel Prison Service (IPS) responded to a freedom of information request by Who Profits, which was submitted three months earlier, regarding twenty-two corporations that provide services to Israeli prisons.

These companies mainly provide security equipment and services to incarceration facilities that hold Palestinian prisoners and detainees inside Israel and in the occupied West Bank. These incarceration facilities hold Palestinian political prisoners in violation of international law, and torture and systematic violations of human rights take place within their walls. According to Addameer’s latest monthly detention report (December 2013), there are 5033 Palestinian political prisoners in the Israeli prisons, 173 of whom are minors and 145 are administrative detainees.

The following table is an English translation of information provided by the Israel Prison Service to Who Profits, regarding twenty-two corporations that provide services to Israeli prisons and detention facilities.

Company Name Characteristics of Contract End of Contract Comments Financial Scope G4S Maintaining supporting management systems, magnetometer gates, scanning machines and ankle monitors During the fiscal year 2015 According to an IPS tender Tens of millions of shekels 3M Based on occasional bids MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS ISRAEL Maintaining wireless systems and lighting bridges Repairing wireless devices During the fiscal year 2016 According to an IPS tender Tens of millions of shekels HEWLETT- PACKARD (HP) Printers Maintaining HP systems and central servers During the fiscal year 2016 Tenders by the Accountant General + tenders by the IPS Tens of millions of shekels MERKAVIM TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGIES Based on occasional bids MAYER’S CARS AND TRUCKS Based on occasional bids VOLVO GROUP Based on occasional bids Biosense Supplying and maintaining a dog-bark identification system During the fiscal year 2014 According to an IPS tender Hundreds of thousands of shekels Myform Based on occasional bids MIRS COMMUNICATIONS Purchase of battery services Providing wireless services During the fiscal year 2016 Tenders by the Accountant General + Tenders by the IPS Hundreds of thousands of shekels AFCON HOLDINGS Installing, providing year-round service and maintaining fire detection systems During the fiscal year 2015 According to an IPS tender Tens of millions of shekels Contact Based on occasional bids SHAMRAD ELECTRONICS Relocating communication infrastructureSupplying electronic equipment Repairing sound system During the fiscal year 2015 According to an IPS tender Tens of millions of shekels B.G. ILANIT GATES AND URBAN ELEMENTS Based on occasional bids Dadash Hadarom Distribution Purchase of canteen products 31/07/14 According to a tender Shekem Based on occasional bids Shiran Based on occasional bids S.I.R.N. Based on occasional bids Shekel Based on occasional bids ASHTROM GROUP Based on occasional bids Lymtech Based on occasional bids

Who Profits also provides documentation and research on several of these companies at the links below:

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