Country

Portugal

Detention issue

Cell space

FRA research findings

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Legal instruments & key provisions

Legal instrument Key provision
General Regulation of Detention Facilities (Decreto-Lei n.º 51/2011, que aprova o Regulamento Geral dos Estabelecimentos Prisionais)Disciplinary cells should meet the fundamental habitability conditions, namely in what regards dimensions. There are no further details.
Code of Enforcement of Prison Sentences and Imprisonment Measures (Lei 115/2009 que aprova o Código da Execução das Penas e Medidas Privativas da LiberdadeAccommodation spaces should fully respect the prisoners’ human dignity and should comply with safety and habitability requirements.

NATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISM RECOMMENDATIONS

Year Recommendation Report
2019The Portuguese prison system is quite heterogeneous and in need of restructuring in order to avoid situations of overcrowding and inhuman and degrading detention. Report details