Jailhouse doctors shouldn’t be answerable to Prison Services, Israeli physicians’ group says
Haaretz
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As Israel’s Health Ministry awaits final results from the autopsy of a Palestinian detainee who died in Megiddo Prison on Saturday, human rights organizations and even the Israel Medical Association aren’t waiting. They say that, regardless of the findings, it’s time to take responsibility for prisoners’ health away from the Israel Prison Service and give it to an outside body.
The Health Ministry Monday declined to comment on Arafat Jaradat’s death, saying that it will decide whether to launch a probe into his medical treatment in prison only after receiving the autopsy report.