[5] In 1881 the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine noted at Duweimin “foundations.

[8] In the 1945 statistics the village had a population of 340 Muslims,[3] and the total land area was 2,797 dunams.

"[5] The original building of Damon prison was built to be a tobacco factory and stable during the British Mandate for Palestine.

Following additional construction around the site, it was opened as a detention center in 1953 by the Israeli Minister of Police.

[13] The prison has a section for Palestinian children, and a wing dedicated to detaining females was established in 2018.