It must be highlighted negatively the temperature of the police station, for certain very low in the coldest days of winter and extremely hot in summer. Although it has been already purchased an air conditioner unit, which will be installed in the building lobby, it is not sufficient to create minimally decent working conditions for the police officers. On the contrary, all facilities were very cared for in terms of cleanliness. In short, the Vila Real Police Station left a positive impression as far as the space organization and cleanliness of the rooms are concerned, even though the detention cell warrants greater attention. The works that are required to ensure the minimum conditions of comfort do not seem to be too expensive. A negative aspect is the lack of temperature-regulating devices. • Visit no. 6-2014 Date: 2014.11.06 Location: Chaves (Vila Real) Prison Facility Subject: Food quality and disciplinary procedures On November 6th, during the afternoon period, a visit was made to Prison of Chaves, district of Vila Real, in order to analyse the disciplinary procedures initiated in the course of this year. It was also examined the general conditions of the prisoners’ accommodations, as well as the facilities and the food-making practices. The prison had, at the time of the visitation, 59 prisoners, one of them being in transit. There were twenty-one disciplinary procedures, six of which had already been closed. After examining the procedures, no grounds for censure were found on the basis of the respect for the disciplinary procedure laid down in Article 110 et seq. of the Code of Execution of Criminal Sanctions and of Measures Involving Deprivation of Liberty. During the visitation to the prison area it was observed that cells and commons spaces have reasonable habitability conditions, despite the defective brightness arising from the characteristics of the building itself. The assessment of the alimentation sector has included a visitation to the kitchen and to the refectory, whose conditions of the hygiene and wholesomeness were deemed acceptable. The analysis of the menu did not trigger any aspect worth of noting. Therefore, no sound censuring-reasons were found or other signs of disregard for rights and dignity of prisoners. • 18 |