Visits
Visit No.12-2017
Esquadra de Bragança da Polícia de Segurança Pública [Police Station of Bragança]
Verify the habitability conditions of the detention zone
Assuring compliance with the rights of prisoners of constitute lawyer, telephoning the defender and communicate with family or person of confidence
Verify the working conditions of the agents
Visit No.11-2017
Estabelecimento Prisional de Bragança [Bragança’s Prision Facility]
Checking accommodation conditions: in particular the air conditioning
Assess the conditions of access to health
Analysis of disciplinary proceedings
Verify the procedures observed in the communication between the prison population and the Direction
Visit No.10-2017(S)
Centro Educativo Navarro de Paiva [Educational Centre Navarro de Paiva]
Follow-up of the Recommendation no. 3/2016/MNP, analyzing:
a) The steps taken by the Directorate-General for Reintegration and Prison Services for the preparation of the Emergency Plan, the installation of fire safety mechanisms and accessibility;
b) The expiration date of the fire-extinguishers;
c) Possible practical effects resulting from the creation of an interministerial working group (Ministry of Justice and Ministry of Health) to study the provision of health care for all young people in situations of deprivation of liberty;
d) The adaptation of the sanitary facilities for the young woman;
e) The conditions of the isolation room and the practical effects of the recently issued guidance on this matter by the Directorate-General for Reintegration and Prison Services.
Follow-up of the recommendations no. 5/2016/MNP and no. 6/2016/MNP, investigating the existence and regularity of visits by judicial magistrates and the Public Ministry
Visit No.09-2017(S)
Centro Educativo Padre António Oliveira [Educational Centre Padre António Oliveira]
Follow-up of the Recommendation no. 3/2016/MNP, analyzing:
a) The steps taken by the Directorate-General for Reintegration and Prison Services for the preparation of the Emergency Plan, the installation of fire safety mechanisms and accessibility;
b) Possible practical effects resulting from the creation of an interministerial working group (Ministry of Justice and Ministry of Health) to study the provision of health care for all young people in situations of deprivation of liberty;
c) The adaptation of the sanitary facilities for the young woman;
d) The conditions of use of the isolation room and the practical effects of the recently issued guidance on this matter by the General Directorate for Reintegration and Prison Services;
e) Work to improve the living conditions of the isolation rooms.
Follow-up of the recommendations no. 5/2016/MNP and no. 6/2016/MNP, investigating the existence and regularity of visits by judicial magistrates and the Public Ministry
Visit No.08-2017
Posto Territorial da Covilhã da Guarda Nacional Republicana [National Republican Guard of Covilhã]
Assess, through the realization of interviews, the compliance with the rights and duties of prisoners, in particular in what regards their respective treatment
Analyse de habitability conditions: lighting, ventilation, insulation against the cold and heat
Assuring compliance with the rights of constitute a lawyer, telephoning the defender and communicate with family or person of confidence
Verify the fulfilment of the legal and regulatory rules of compulsory hospitalization procedures
Visit No.07-2017
Esquadra da Covilhã da Polícia de Segurança Pública [Police Station of Covilhã]
Investigation of the living conditions of persons who are there deprived of liberty and ascertainment, with interviews, if they are being treated with dignity
Assuring compliance with the rights of constitute lawyer, telephoning the defender and communicate with family or person of confidence
Verify the habitability conditions, namely in what regards the lighting, isolation against cold or heat and ventilation
Verify the fulfilment of the legal and regulatory rules of compulsory hospitalization procedures
Visit No.06-2017
Estabelecimento Prisional da Covilhã [Covilhã’s Prision Facility]
Analyze de habitability conditions: occupation, ventilation, insulation against the cold and heat
Analyze the transportation conditions of the prisoners
Verify the respect for the rights and duties of prisoners
Visit No.05-2017
Clínica Psiquiátrica de São José [São José Psychiatric Clinic]
Analyze ways of preventing ill-treatment
Verify the habitability conditions during hospitalization
Analyze the isolation and restriction measures
Visit No.4-2017
Esquadra de Setúbal da Polícia de Segurança Pública [Police Station of Setúbal]
Assess, through the realization of interviews, of the living conditions of persons who are there deprived of liberty, if they are being treated with dignity
Verify compliance with the rights of prisoners of constitute lawyer, telephoning the defender and communicate with family or person of confidence
Analyze of the detention conditions in terms of lighting, insulation against cold or heat and ventilation
Verify the fulfilment of the legal and regulatory rules of compulsory hospitalization procedures
Visit No.3-2017
Estabelecimento Prisional de Setúbal [Setúbal’s Prision Facility]
Verify the functioning conditions of the kitchen and the canteens (e.g. structural, hygienic and health conditions)
Analyze the habitability, hygiene and security conditions of the accommodation, specific the prisoner’s common dormitories and the disciplinary cells
Analyze the procedures and mechanisms observed in the communication between the prison population and the Direction
Assuring the respect for the rights and duties of the prisoners