"The Prison Service officials promised us in the Knesset Committee last week that Noam would be moved to an 'open prison,'" Elisheva Federman said today, "but were we supposed to understand from this that he would continue to be treated like a 'closed prison' inmate?! When he was held in isolation in Ashmoret, in a room adjacent to terrorists, at least he had two hours a day of yard time - but now even that he doesn't have! They drew a red line in the corridor, and told him that he is not allowed to cross it."
If before he was not allowed visitors without a glass partition or phone calls, his conditions now are barely improved, if at all. "He is permitted to speak with his family for up to 90 minutes a day," Elisheva told Arutz-7's Yosef Meiri, "but only on a phone that the other inmates told him has a tape-recording device inside. The other inmates refuse to use it for that reason, while Noam is not permitted to use any other phone. How can I speak to my husband under such circumstances? And he is only allowed to call home - but not to his mother, a 75-year-old sickly widow. There must be very important security reasons for that... We are allowed to visit him for a half-hour every two weeks, without a partition between us. To bring seven children for a five-hour trip, and for all of us - even the young children - to undergo body checks, and then to meet with him for just a half-hour - what kind of abuse is this?! And if I only bring two children each time - what, each child should see their father once every two months?... Other prisoners are permitted an hour of visits a week, plus three hours every Rosh Chodesh [once a month], and another 12-hour monthly visit for the wife. Why is he treated so much differently?"
"There is a morning prayer service," Elisheva said, "but he can participate only when a prison guard escorts him. Today, for instance, the guard didn't show up, so he had to pray alone. I don't even want to think about what will be there on the Sabbath." In the previous prison, Noam was alone, "but now, he is in a room with six others, not religious inmates, who have the television blaring all day. He can barely even study!"
If before he was not allowed visitors without a glass partition or phone calls, his conditions now are barely improved, if at all. "He is permitted to speak with his family for up to 90 minutes a day," Elisheva told Arutz-7's Yosef Meiri, "but only on a phone that the other inmates told him has a tape-recording device inside. The other inmates refuse to use it for that reason, while Noam is not permitted to use any other phone. How can I speak to my husband under such circumstances? And he is only allowed to call home - but not to his mother, a 75-year-old sickly widow. There must be very important security reasons for that... We are allowed to visit him for a half-hour every two weeks, without a partition between us. To bring seven children for a five-hour trip, and for all of us - even the young children - to undergo body checks, and then to meet with him for just a half-hour - what kind of abuse is this?! And if I only bring two children each time - what, each child should see their father once every two months?... Other prisoners are permitted an hour of visits a week, plus three hours every Rosh Chodesh [once a month], and another 12-hour monthly visit for the wife. Why is he treated so much differently?"
"There is a morning prayer service," Elisheva said, "but he can participate only when a prison guard escorts him. Today, for instance, the guard didn't show up, so he had to pray alone. I don't even want to think about what will be there on the Sabbath." In the previous prison, Noam was alone, "but now, he is in a room with six others, not religious inmates, who have the television blaring all day. He can barely even study!"