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The fund also pays $106 a month in "canteen money" to all imprisoned Palestinians, including those imprisoned for non-political crimes such as car theft and drug dealing, for prisoners to spend in the prison canteen. [18] In 2016, the fund for Palestinian prisoners had a budget of $125 million, according to the Palestinian Finance Ministry. [8]
As of 2024 the Harris County jail facilities together have a capacity for 9,575 inmates; at times they have held over 12,000. Due to a state-mandated staffing ratio, the HCSO had to ship inmates to other jails, including some in Louisiana; in June 2010 1,600 Harris County inmates were serving time at other jails. By January 2012 the Harris ...
American Charities for Palestine was established in June 2007. In August 2008, American Charities for Palestine signed a Memorandum of Understanding [2] with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) ensuring that all recipients of American Charities for Palestine donations in Palestine are fully vetted and approved by USAID.
In Harris County, the average length of stay is nearly 200 days. For years, telecommunications companies have made money off of inmates by charging high rates for phone calls, in some cases up to ...
International aid has been provided to Palestinians since at least the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.The Palestinians view the aid as keeping the Israeli–Palestinian peace process going, while Israelis and other foreign policy authorities have raised concerns that it is used to fund terrorism [1] [2] [3] and removes the imperative for Palestinians to negotiate a settlement of the Israeli ...
As the Gaza Strip enters its second week of a near-total phone and internet blackout, some people in the war-torn enclave are using a lesser-known technology — eSIM cards — as a last grasp at ...
Pro-Palestinian protesters gather in front of the Travis County Jail to support those arrested during protests at the University of Texas earlier in the day, April 24, 2024 in Austin, Texas.
As of 2012 the Harris County jail facilities together have a capacity for 9,434 inmates; at time they have held over 12,000. Due to the excess number of prisoners, the HCSO had to ship inmates to other jails, including some in Louisiana; in June 2010 1,600 Harris County inmates were serving time at other jails. By January 2012 the Harris County ...