Prisoners in Israel refuse to don orange coveralls

Date: 25 / 06 / 2009 Time: 11:45

[Ma'anImages]

Nablus – Ma’an – Palestinian prisoners at the Ramon facility in Israel signed an “accord of honor” in which they pledged to reject the "Israeli decision of wearing the orange costume that negatively affects the prisoners."

The Ramon prison is in Israel's southern Negev. As of 2008 the prison was a camp of tents next to the Nafah, or Negev, Prison, which is known for its harsh treatment of prisoners.

The declaration, delivered to the public via an official from the Palestinian Prisoners Society in Nablus, also detailed the poor living conditions in the prison from the account of detained leader with the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine Wajdi Joudeh.

Director of the prisoner society Raed Amer noted that the prisoners in the facility are united, and have expressed the wish that internal division come to an end.