on the other hand, since they leave the educational centre, the youths are monitored, formally after three and six months, and informal contacts are kept also after that period. • Visit no. 25-2015 Date: 2015.11.09 Location: Centro Educativo da Bela Vista [Educational Centre of Bela Vista] (Lisbon) Subject: Operating conditions. Spatial and temporal confinement, namely the personal educational projects and the involvement of public and private entities in the social reintegration of young persons. Therapeutic programs, in particular in the area of mental health, as well as psychological assistance models. Follow-up of young persons detained after their release. Infrastructure. Administrative organisation of processes of youths detained and recruitment processes and training of technical personnel On November 9th, in the afternoon, it was carried out a visit to the Educational centre of Bela Vista, in Lisbon. At the time of the visit, there were 20 young males in the educational centre, ten of these in an open regime and another ten in semi-open regime, and nine girls (eight in institutionalization and one committed to a guarding measure). The educational centre displays three residential units, with just one building; each unit contains identical structure, with single rooms, centralized call device, sanitary facilities, school, cafeteria and technical room tutor. Traditionally thought only for the internment of children and young people of the male gender, the educational centre has received young female, since July 30th, 2014, as a result of the closure of the Educational Centre of Santa Clara, in Vila do Conde. It should be noted that, in previous years, the Bela Vista’s Educational Centre had received young female (nine in the year 2009 and six in the following year), always in a temporary framework. The commitment of the Board in order to proceed with the gradual adaptation of facilities for young people should be noted, regarding the level of the intervention, as well as the equipment acquisition for new-borns. The residential units disposition are primarily organised through the implementation of relocation measures (v.g., open, closed and semi-open regimes), even though the young may be inserted into a predetermined phase. The global infrastructure reveals good maintenance and it should be highlighted the recent arrangements that were taken both in male and female residential units, concerning the installation of alert and alarm mechanisms. Also, a new sector belonging to the male residential unit was renewed with capacity for nine male elements, currently unused. That being said, the transfer of young | 43