How many people are imprisoned in Israel?

Israel's prison population is 19,756 people. This figure aggregates all forms of detention counted by the source: sentenced prisoners, pre-trial detainees, and administrative detentions.

What is the incarceration rate in Israel?

Israel's incarceration rate is approximately 217 people per 100,000 population.

How many prisons are there in Israel?

World Prisons indexes 60 individual facilities in Israel. Each entry links to a detail page with contact information, capacity, oversight reports, and known conditions.

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Asia · Western Asia

Israel

High confidence

Verified 20 May 2026 · Data dated 31 Dec 2023

Fresh · 2mo ago

Population rose sharply from October 2023; includes administrative detainees and security prisoners held under both criminal and military law.

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Data is aggregated from public sources and may be incomplete or out of date. Always verify with primary sources before acting on any figure. See data sources.

Prison population

19,756

Year: 2023

Rate per 100,000

217

Per 100,000 residents

Occupancy

136.2%

Above design capacity

Pre-trial / remand

25.2%

Share not yet sentenced

Female prisoners

Foreign nationals

38.9%

Figures from official sources · verified 20 May 2026 · methodology

Conditions risk — across 60 facilities

Average of our computed Conditions Risk Score across the country's facilities. Methodology · Browse highest-risk

38/100

national average

1 elevated 59 unknown

4 documented human-rights cases →

How Israel compares

vs Asia (16) & global averages

Rate per 100,000this: 217 · region: 160 · global: 214

Occupancy ratethis: 136% · region: 149% · global: 125%

Pre-trial sharethis: 25% · region: 34% · global: 32%

The vertical ticks mark the global (grey) and regional (amber) means. Bars are clipped at the high end for readability.

Prison population over time

Annual figures, latest survey year

2000: 9,421+109.7% over 23y2023: 19,756

Source: World Prison Brief / unodc

What we know — and don't

Transparency about the boundaries of this data. Click sources where linked.

What we don't know

Conditions for security detainees opaque since October 2023.

Prisons in Israel

Browse all 60 →

60 facilities in our database — showing the first 24.

Acre Prison

Israel

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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Ashmoret prison

Israel

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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Ayalon Prison

Israel · Ramle

High

Type

Prison

Capacity

—

Held

—

Beersheba Prison

Israel

Type

—

Capacity

—

Held

—

Be'er Sheva Prison

Israel · Be'er Sheva

High

Type

Prison

Capacity

—

Held

—

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Israel

Type

—

Capacity

—

Held

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byt svhr gb`vn

Israel

Type

—

Capacity

—

Held

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byt svhr Hrmvn

Israel

Type

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Capacity

—

Held

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byt svhr KHrml

Israel

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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byt svhr rmvn

Israel

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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Camp 1391

Israel

Type

—

Capacity

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Held

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Damon Prison

Israel · Haifa District

Medium

Type

Prison

Capacity

—

Held

—

Damoun Prison

Israel · Haifa

Medium

Type

Prison

Capacity

—

Held

—

Eshel Prison

Israel · Be'er Sheva

High

Type

Prison

Capacity

—

Held

—

Gilboa Prison

Israel

Type

—

Capacity

600

Held

—

Givon Prison

Israel · Ramle

High

Type

Prison

Capacity

—

Held

—

Hadarim Prison

Israel

Type

—

Capacity

—

Held

—

HaScharon-Gefangnis

Israel

Type

—

Capacity

—

Held

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Hasharon Prison

Israel · Ramle

High

Type

Prison

Capacity

—

Held

—

Holot

Israel

Type

—

Capacity

—

Held

—

Jalame Detention Centre

Israel · Jalame

Type

Detention Centre

Capacity

—

Held

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Jalameh Prison

Israel

Type

—

Capacity

—

Held

—

Ketziot Prison

Israel · Negev

High

Type

Administrative Detention

Capacity

—

Held

—

KHlA rnsAns

Israel

Type

—

Capacity

—

Held

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See all 60 prisons in Israel →

Data completeness

100%

Score based on how many fields are populated. We surface this so you know where the gaps are.

National population: 9,120,0002023
Source-verified: 20 May 2026
Source links: 3 cited

Sources

Direct citations for the figures on this page.

Primary reference
World Prison Brief (ICPS, Birkbeck) — Institute for Crime & Justice Policy Research
Amnesty International â country pages — Amnesty International
Human Rights Watch â World Report — Human Rights Watch
See /data-sources for our methodology.

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@misc{worldprisons-israel,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Israel — prison statistics},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/countries/israel},
  urldate = {2026-07-21}
}