אסיר בטחוני

Hebrew to English Social Sciences Other prison / incarceration

See here:
http://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/אסיר_ביטחוני

Any idea what these prisoners are called in English?

Proposed translations (English)

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Aug 18, 2012 08:39: judithyf Created KOG entry

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judithyf

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security prisoner

In December 2011, 4,772 security prisoners were serving terms in Israeli jails. Of these, 552 were sentenced to life terms.[2]

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Peer comment(s):

agree	Ty Kendall : This seems to be the term used by major organisations such as Amnesty International, B'Tselem et al. http://www.btselem.org/gaza_strip/20120515_prison_visits 12 mins
	Thank you Ty
agree	Doron Greenspan MITI 1 hr
	Thank you Doron

4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you Judith!"