חוק שחרור על־תנאי ממאסר (תיקון מס' 17 – הוראת שעה) (תיקון מס' 4), התשפ"ה-2025Law Conditional Release from Imprisonment (Amendment No. 17 – temporary provision) (Amendment No. 4), 2025 · automatic translation · suggest a correction

Official summary of the law (Knesset)

On 26 July 2018, the Conditional Release from Imprisonment Law (Amendment No. 17 – Temporary Provision), 2018, was published. Under this, it was determined, as a temporary provision for a period of three years, that an administrative unit would be established in the Israel Prison Service – a unit for release from short-term imprisonment – which would be authorized to examine requests for conditional release of prisoners sentenced to a prison term of between three months and one year, who had served at least two-thirds of their prison term. This would replace the Prisons Commissioner, who had authority regarding prisoners sentenced to a term exceeding three months and not exceeding six months, and the Release Committee regarding prisoners sentenced to a term exceeding six months. The unit shall not release a prisoner unless it is convinced that he is fit for such release and that he does not endanger public safety. The prisoner's request for conditional release shall generally be examined on the basis of the written request and documents brought before the unit. Requests for conditional release of prisoners serving sentences for sex offenses, domestic violence offenses, and prisoners suffering from mental illness shall be heard before the administrative unit only if they were sentenced to between three and six months' imprisonment. Such prisoners sentenced to a term exceeding six months' imprisonment shall be heard before the Release Committee, due to their complexity. This arrangement shall also apply to minors' requests for conditional release. Later, through additional amendments, the temporary provision was extended for further periods. Under the fourth amendment, it was determined that the temporary provision would become a permanent arrangement. It was further determined that the annual report on the manner of the unit's operation, submitted by the Minister of Public Security to the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee, shall continue as long as a declaration of a state of incarceration emergency remains in effect pursuant to Section 19C of the Prisons Ordinance [New Version], 1971.

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