Background
About 5,500 female and male soldiers serve yearly in the Ministry of National Security units, including the Israel Police, the Israel Border Police, and the Prison Service. Recently this unique service arrangement has been on the public agenda, mainly following the disclosure of the events that became known to the public as the "Pimping of female prison guards at Gilboa Prison." As part of this audit, various aspects of the mandatory service in the Ministry of National Security units are examined, including the tasks assigned to conscripts, the medical care provided to them, the training for the duties, the welfare conditions to which they are entitled, their safety and the degree of usefulness of their service. Given the severity of the findings and since they were raised when the mandatory service of soldiers outside the IDF, especially in the Prison Service, is on the public agenda, the State Comptroller decided to prepare an interim report and publish it. The interim report presents severe findings regarding the safety of the soldiers who serve in the Israel Police, the Israel Border Police, and the Prison Service.