Al-Wefaq Secretary General, Sheikh Ali Salman, said in a phone call from Jaw Central Prison, that the prison authorities are trying to force detained opposition figures to move while in handcuffs.

Bahrain Center for Human Rights member Safaa Al-Khawaja said that the police are harassing hunger strikers in Jaw Central Prison.

The Bahraini authorities released on Tuesday (March 7, 2017) 6 detainees arrested over Jaw prisoners' escape incident that took place on the onset of the year.

Bahrain’s opposition figures detained in building #7 in Jaw Central Prison, confirmed the deterioration of the prison’s condition, due to more restrictions imposed on detainees by prison authorities.

Al-Wefaq Secretary General, Sheikh Ali Salman said on Tuesday that the opposition figures decided to abstain from family visits, in protest of prison authority decision to reduce time of visit from 1 hour to half an hour.

Interior Ministry announced today that five policemen were injured in bombing that targeted police bus near the village of Jaw, where notorious Jaw Central Prison is located.

Bahrain Mirror issued the second edition of the Jaw Novel this week on Wednesday (February 15, 2017). “Jaw,” a literary work written by a Bahraini political prisoner, was well received by readers and gained popularity in the country.

Bahraini activists confirmed that the Bahraini authorities detained activist Nader Abdul Imam, and transferred him to “Jaw Central Prison” to serve a new sentence over charges linked to taking part in a peaceful protest in the capital Manama.

Bahrain’s Appeals Court commuted the sentences issued against 54 defendants from 15 years in prison to 10, over the case of causing riots in Jaw Central Prison.

While the New Year’s eve was being celebrated in prison, ten young men succeeded in escaping from the abyss, climbing over the great Jaw prison wall.

The Legend…That’s how the Bahrainis knew martyr Rida Al-Ghasra, who succeeded in escaping tight-security prisons three times, the last of which was a month before his demise.

On dawn Thursday (February 9, 2017), young Bahraini citizen Rida Al Ghisra (29 years old), along with Mahmoud Yahya (22 years old) and Mostafa Abedali (35 years old), were martyred, after being shot at by Bahraini security forces.

Bahraini forces recaptured several prisoners who were sprung from jail in a spectacular January 1 prison break as they attempted to flee by boat Thursday, the interior ministry said.

Bahraini authorities say they have arrested several fugitives who were attempting to flee the country by boat at dawn after they broke out of prison earlier this year.

In a joint operation, security forces foiled at dawn of Thursday (February 9, 2017) the escape attempt by a number of terrorist fugitives involved in the jail break.

Bahrain said on Thursday it had foiled an attempt by "terrorist fugitives" wanted in connection with a January prison break to flee by sea to Iran.

Prominent detained Bahraini rights activist, Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, confirmed that the conditions in “Jaw Central Prison” are similar to how they were before the March 10, 2015 events. He noted that the offices then responsible for the prison are still committing the same violations.

A Bahraini court upheld a verdict sentencing a foreign policeman to 3 years in prison, fining him 100 BD and deporting him after finishing his sentence, after being convicted of smuggling cell phones to a detainee in Jaw Prison in return for drugs “Shabu”.

Bahrain has restored arrest and investigatory powers to an intelligence agency that conducted "terrorizing" house raids and systematically tortured detainees in 2011, Human Rights Watch said today.

A Bahraini court sentenced a Bahraini girl to 1-year in prison after convicting her of smuggling “weed” to her brother, who is imprisoned in “Jaw” Central Prison, according to what a local newspaper reported Friday January 27, 2017.