Israel prison authorities deliberately move sick detainees around to spread diseases in prisons, rights group says – Middle East Monitor

Israeli prison authorities are deliberately transferring sick prisoners between prisons and detention centres, with the aim of spreading diseases and epidemics among prisoners, according to prisoner testimonies, the Palestinian Prisoners Club has said.

The rights group explained in a statement issued yesterday that these practices “contributed to the escalation of the health catastrophe facing thousands of prisoners due to the spread of scabies, which has been…