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Portugal
Capital city —
Lisbon
Country population
10,291,027
i
2017
/
UNDP
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
126
i
2018
/
ICPR
Type of government
Parliamentary republic
Human Development Index
0.847
(41/188)
i
2017
/
UNDP
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
0.6
i
2016
/
UNDP
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
12,806
Figures excluding…
i
15/11/2018
/
DGRSP
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
31
i
2015
/ Council of Europe, "
SPACE I
", 2016, p. 112.
Prison density
99 %
i
15/11/2018
/
ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
49
i
2018
/
DGRSP
An NPM has been established
yes
in 2013
Number and percentage of female prisone…
6.3 %
i
15/11/2018
/
DGRSP
Incarcerated minors
0 %
i
2017
/
DGRSP
Untried prisoners
17.3 %
i
15/11/2018
/
DGRSP
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1976
"Human life…
+
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Key websites
¶
The
DGRSP
: the Directorate General of Reintegration and Prison Services
The
DGPJ
: the Directorate General for Justice Policy
ICPR
- World Prison Brief, Portugal : key figures on prison systems
The
Portuguese Prison Project
– A photographice exhibition of Portugues prisons
Legal texts (in portuguese)
¶
The
Code for Execution of Sentences and Measures of Deprivation of Liberty
The
Code of Criminal Procedure
The
Penal Code
The
Constitution of Portuguese Republic
The
General Regulations of Penitentiary Institutions
The
Regulations of the use of the means of constraint in the penitentiary services
The
Law 23/2007 on entry, stay, departure and removal of foreigners from the national territory
The
Legislative Decree on the Status of Prison Supervisory Staff
The decree on the classification of penitentiary establishments
The
European Prison Rules
Government statistics on the
prison population by type of institution
, 2017
Government statistics relating to
penitentiary staff
, 2017
Government statistics on the
prison population according to the criminal situation
, 2018
Reports
¶
Ministry of Justice,
Activities Report
, 2010 (in Portuguese)
European Observatory of Prisons, “The Prison conditions in Portugal”, 2013 (in English)
Report of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment of Punishments (CPT)
, 2016 (in English)
Scientific articles and press articles
¶
Gomes Sílvia, “
Foreigners and ethnic groups in prison : reflections from Portugal
”, 2014 (en anglais)
“
Opening of the first private prison in July
”, tvi24, 2004 (in Portuguese)
Vidéos
¶
Institutional video
of the penitentiary establishment of Santa Cruz do Bispo, 2015 (in Portuguese)
“Dentro” Documentary
about a high security prison, 2001, (in Portuguese, sub-titles in French)
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