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Legal instruments & key provisions
Legal instrument | Key provision |
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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 Liberdade | Accommodation spaces should fully respect the prisoners’ human dignity and should comply with safety and habitability requirements. |
NATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISM RECOMMENDATIONS
Year | Recommendation | Report |
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2019 | The 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 |