Detainees are provided with two meals (lunch and dinner), similar to those of police officers. The police station has 50 police officers and facilities are distributed between the ground floor and 1st floor of the building. The entrance to the police station is made by the top floor, where are the waiting area and the public attendance office, the file room and the recognition room. In addition to the commander’s office, the police station also includes the commander deputy’s office, the cabinet of the Chief, the Commissioner’s office, an office to the Retirees Association of Police, the communications room where it is installed the alarm central, two toilets, the duty officer room, a bedroom with bunk beds, a dressing room with a hot water shower. Facilities suffer from several leaks, mostly caused by the existence of a skylight on the terrace overlooking the inner courtyard of the police station. There is a large temperature range, very cold in winter and too hot in summer. Offices of victim support and assistance to the elderly are in the basement. Here it is made the monitoring of elderly people and various activities with elderly and children (school family program) are carried out. This department has eight employees working in shifts. There are two toilets, one female and one for public users. In the basement they are also located the bar and the break room, also with multiple water infiltrations. Officers were asked about possible complaints. In reply they were mentioned weather conditions, the lack of air conditioning and problems with computers and printers, problems already reported to the National Directorate. In short, at the end of the visit of Beja’s Police Station it is worth noting the poor weather conditions and the indicated infiltrations in several rooms of the facilities, as well as the deficiencies in the operation of computer hardware (printers). • Visit no. 32-2015 Date: 2015.11.23 Location: Esquadra de Faro da Polícia de Segurança Pública – Divisão do Aeroporto [Police Station of Faro – Airport Division] (Faro) Subject: Detention conditions. Complaints procedures. Dialogue with the detainees, especially about the time of detention and the transport conditions In the night of November 23rd, it was visited the Police Station of Faro – Airport Division In respect of the space dedicated to detention, there were two bedrooms, which were in good sanitary conditions, conservation and artificial light. It was detected a lack of cleanness of blankets and pillows which were available to use over the massif that is used as a bed. It | 51

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