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Senior Prison Service officer suspended over alleged verbal abuse
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleIsrael Prisons Service chief Katy Perry places a senior officer on forced leave as a complaint from a staffer of verbal abuse is probed.
The IPS says in a statement that information has been received regarding the officer — ranked junior commissioner, the equivalent of colonel — raising suspicion of “inappropriate behavior,” while noting that he has the presumption of innocence until proven otherwise.
Hebrew media reports say the statement comes after a civilian working in a jail facility in the south commanded by the officer complained that he verbally harassed her.
The move comes after the IPS was shaken by a scandal that saw senior officers allegedly “pimp out” female prison guards to Palestinian inmates.
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