Middle East
Israel
Northern District

Megiddo Prison

Megiddo Prison, is an Israeli prison facility located near the . It has gained notoriety for reports of abuse and torture against Palestinian prisoners.
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  • Type: Prison
  • Description: Israeli prison
  • Also known as: “Megiddo prison”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Tel Megiddo National Park.

Protected area
Photo: AVRAMGR, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tel Megiddo, Arabic: Tell el-Muteselim, is the site of the ancient city of Megiddo, the remains of which form a tell or archaeological mound, situated in northern at the western edge of the about 30 kilometres southeast of near the depopulated Palestinian town of Lajjun and subsequently . is situated 1½ km north of Megiddo Prison.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Megiddo and Giv’at Oz.

Village
Photo: אסף.צ, Public domain.
is a kibbutz in northern , built in 1949. Located in the , it falls under the jurisdiction of Regional Council. In 2023, it had a population of 944.

Village
Photo: Meronim, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Giv'at Oz is a kibbutz in northern . Located in the between and , it falls under the jurisdiction of Megiddo Regional Council.

Village
is an Arab village in 's . The village is in the Wadi Ara area of the northern Triangle, 4 kilometres northeast of . is situated 2½ km south of Megiddo Prison.

Megiddo Prison

Latitude
32.57097° or 32° 34′ 16″ north
Longitude
35.19036° or 35° 11′ 25″ east
Open location code
8G4QH5CR+94
Open­Street­Map ID
way 303465982
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­prison
Wiki­data ID
Q6620424
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Polish—“Megiddo Prison” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سجن مجدو”
  • Arabic: “مجيدو”
  • Danish: “Megiddo-fængslet”
  • Hebrew: “בית הסוהר מגידו”
  • Hebrew: “בית סוהר מגידו”
  • Hebrew: “כלא מגידו”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Megiddo-fengselet”
  • Norwegian: “Megiddo-fengselet”
  • Polish: “Megiddo”
  • Polish: “Zakład Karny Megiddo”

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Highlights include Hadar Grove and HaSilo.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Megiddo Prison”. Photo: Golf Bravo, CC BY-SA 3.0.