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Legal instruments & key provisions
| Legal instrument | Key provision |
|---|---|
| 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) | Detainees shall be provided with meals in both quantity and quality adapted to their dietary requirements, age, health condition, nature of their work, season and climate, and their philosophical and religious convictions. Detainees may receive food from the outside in small quantities, except when they are being placed in security conditions. They may also acquire perishable goods and products or objects useful for their daily life at their own expense through the canteen service, provided that health, hygiene, and safety reasons do not advise against it. |
NATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISM RECOMMENDATIONS
| Year | Recommendation | Report |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | The NPM's report highlights the inexistence of kitchens and canteens in some establishments, with the meals being served in the cells. | Report details |
| 2022 | There are mentions of cases where the kitchen of the establishments needed improvement work (“Insufficiencies that are also felt in other areas of the establishment, such as, in the kitchen and in the pantry and others where the establishment did not comply with the minimum conditions (“The kitchen degradation at the Montijo Establishment, with the broken floor, humidity on the walls and ceiling, worn furniture and dishes, led the NPM to recommend its deactivation until the realization of repair work. In the kitchen of the Vale de Judeus Establishment, the NPM observed the presence of a rat and some pigeons.) | Report details |