Samidoun: Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network | January 26, 2014
Who Profits released the following report on the involvement of Israeli and multinational corporations in the Israeli prison system:
On December 2013, the Israel Prison Service (IPS) responded to a freedom of information request by Who Profits, which was submitted three months earlier, regarding twenty-two corporations that provide services to Israeli prisons.
These companies mainly provide security equipment and services to incarceration facilities that hold Palestinian prisoners and detainees inside Israel and in the occupied West Bank. These incarceration facilities hold Palestinian political prisoners in violation of international law, and torture and systematic violations of human rights take place within their walls. According to Addameer’s latest monthly detention report (December 2013), there are 5033 Palestinian political prisoners in the Israeli prisons, 173 of whom are minors and 145 are administrative detainees.
The following table is an English translation of information provided by the Israel Prison Service to Who Profits, regarding twenty-two corporations that provide services to Israeli prisons and detention facilities.
Company Name
Characteristics of Contract
End of Contract
Comments
Financial Scope
G4S
Maintaining supporting management systems, magnetometer gates, scanning machines and ankle monitors
During the fiscal year 2015
According to an IPS tender
Tens of millions of shekels
Based on occasional bids
MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS ISRAEL
Maintaining wireless systems and lighting bridgesRepairing wireless devices
During the fiscal year 2016
According to an IPS tender
Tens of millions of shekels
HEWLETT- PACKARD (HP)
PrintersMaintaining HP systems and central servers
During the fiscal year 2016
Tenders by the Accountant General + tenders by the IPS
Tens of millions of shekels
MERKAVIM TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGIES
Based on occasional bids
Based on occasional bids
Based on occasional bids
Biosense
Supplying and maintaining a dog-bark identification system
During the fiscal year 2014
According to an IPS tender
Hundreds of thousands of shekels
Myform
Based on occasional bids
MIRS COMMUNICATIONS
Purchase of battery servicesProviding wireless services
During the fiscal year 2016
Tenders by the Accountant General + Tenders by the IPS
Hundreds of thousands of shekels
AFCON HOLDINGS
Installing, providing year-round service and maintaining fire detection systems
During the fiscal year 2015
According to an IPS tender
Tens of millions of shekels
Contact
Based on occasional bids
SHAMRAD ELECTRONICS
Relocating communication infrastructureSupplying electronic equipmentRepairing sound system
During the fiscal year 2015
According to an IPS tender
Tens of millions of shekels
B.G. ILANIT GATES AND URBAN ELEMENTS
Based on occasional bids
Dadash Hadarom Distribution
Purchase of canteen products
31/07/14
According to a tender
Shekem
Based on occasional bids
Shiran
Based on occasional bids
S.I.R.N.
Based on occasional bids
Shekel
Based on occasional bids
Based on occasional bids
Lymtech
Based on occasional bids
Who Profits also provides documentation and research on several of these companies at the links below:
G4S Israel (Hashmira)
Hewlett Packard (HP)
Motorola Solutions
Merkavim Transportation Technologies
Mayer’s Cars and Trucks
Volvo Group
Mirs Communications
Afcon Holdings
Shamrad Electronics
B.G. Ilanit Gates and Urban Elements
Ashtrom Group