<div dir="ltr">Former Israeli president goes went to prison today.<div><br></div><div>This even has halachic aspects. I am giving some shiurim on mesirah mainly based on the article of R Broyde (other material is welcome).</div>
<div>One of the objections to mesirah in modern days is the claim that prisons are a dangeous place with much violence from inmates and even the guards.</div><div>Katzav went to the Maasiya prison. This prison has a religious section without TV and with a nice library of seforim. One can even get the hechsher of the Badatz. His cell-mate will be Beb-Izri a former Shas knesset member. In short a relatively nice place where one can become a nice kollelnik without violence. As such I would assume that in Israel mesirah for white collar crimes would be permitted (mesirah for a violent crime is usually permitted by all poskim to protect society).</div>
<div><br></div><div>Though the article of R. Broyde quoted alarning statistics of the chance of an inmate being violated it did not distinguish between prisons. I assume that in the US there are also separate prisons, or sections, for violent and white collar crimes.<br clear="all">
<div><br></div>-- <br>Eli Turkel<br>
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