Report: Shin Bet forgoes arresting terror suspects due to prison overcrowding

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"In March, Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar informed cabinet ministers that the agency had released some 40 Palestinians from administrative detention a month early to free up space “for detainees of a higher threat level.” National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, incensed by the move, told Bar that “if there is a shortage in space — release the Jewish administrative detainees.”

“Administrative detention” is a controversial tool employed by Israeli forces to detain Palestinian — and, more rarely, Jewish — terror suspects without charge or trial, often for months on end without access to legal counsel. The tool is typically used when authorities have intelligence tying a suspect to a crime but do not have enough evidence for charges to stand up in a court of law."

https://www.timesofisrael.com/report-sh ... rcrowding/