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The man, who suffers from fetal alcohol syndrome, was held for months in Tzalmon Prison after assaulting medical staff, as the Welfare Ministry failed to find him alternative housing. During his detention, he was not given his medication and was at times placed in solitary confinement
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An Israeli man in his 20s who was expelled from a mental health center run by Israel's Welfare and Social Affairs Ministry following a violent outburst was sent to prison for several months after no other residential facility was found for him, Haaretz has learned.
