Prisons service to evacuate 200 prisoners from Ashkelon

The Israel Prisons Service decided Tuesday evening to evacuate some 200 prisoners from the Shikma Prison in Ashkelon to prisons farther from the Gaza border.

The prison is an old building, and its top floor lacks sufficient bomb shelters, as required by current building codes. The prisoners who inhabit the top floor are the ones slated for immediate evacuation.

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