חוק לתיקון פקודת בתי הסוהר (תיקון מס' 66 - הוראת שעה - חרבות ברזל) (חופשה מיוחדת לאסיר) (תיקון מס' 3), התשפ"ה-2025Law for Amendment of the Prisons Ordinance (Amendment No. 66 - temporary provision - Iron Swords) (Special Leave for Prisoner) (Amendment No. 3), 2025 · automatic translation · suggest a correction

Official summary of the law (Knesset)

The Law to Amend the Prisons Ordinance (Amendment No. 66 – Temporary Provision – Swords of Iron) (Special Leave for a Prisoner), 2024, was enacted as a temporary provision, within which it was established that the Commissioner or a prison officer with the rank of Brigadier General authorized to do so, may grant a prisoner, under conditions deemed appropriate by the Minister of National Security, special leave not exceeding 45 days; this, due to the significant increase in prisoner occupancy beyond the incarceration capacity, caused by the security situation prevailing in the country due to which a special situation on the home front, as defined in the Civil Defense Law, 1951, was declared on 7 October 2023. This arrangement is conditional on the prisoner being an Israeli citizen or resident who has served at least half of the imprisonment period sentenced to him and whose remaining imprisonment does not exceed 45 days on the day of release for leave. Beyond that, it was established that this arrangement would not apply to prisoners convicted of certain offenses, including security offenses or those for which there is a presumption of dangerousness, and that a prisoner's term of imprisonment would not be extended due to special leave granted to him under this Law. As part of the first amendment, the temporary provision was extended for a period of five months, until 15 November 2024, and in the second amendment it was extended until 15 May 2025. As part of the third amendment, the validity of the temporary provision was extended until 31 December 2025.

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