G4S delivers services to Israeli prisons and illegal settlements http://www.corporatewatch.org.uk/?lid=3937

G4S security services to Israeli prisons G4S states in its own promotional material that it supplied a perimeter-defence system for the walls around the Ofer prison compound, all the security systems in Keztiot prison, and a central command room in Megido prison. According to G4S these prisons incarcerate 4,900 Palestinian “security prisoners”. (See here for more details).By providing services to Israeli prisons, G4S helps facilitate Israel’s violations of the rights of Palestinian political prisoners.In their 11th March statement, G4S announced that it will “aim to exit a number of contracts which involve the servicing of security equipment at the barrier checkpoints, prisons and police stations in the West Bank.”

In response to our request for clarification as to whether the contracts with prisons in Israel were excluded, G4S refused to give additional information. The company instead sent an email repeating the exact wording of its statement, leading to the conclusion that G4S will not end the delivery of “security services” to prisons in Israel.Moreover, the company states it “will aim to complete this exit as soon as possible, but also recognize that we have contractual obligations to our customers which we must take into consideration”. This could mean that G4S will stay involved in the provision of security services in the West Bank for years.