although it can be justified by the recent change of facilities and the weak detention conditions, namely regarding infrastructures, security conditions and temperature of the cells. • Visit no. 2-2015 Date: 2015.01.30 Location: Centro de Instalação Temporária do Aeroporto de Lisboa [Temporary Installation Centre of the Lisbon’s Airport] (Lisbon) Subject: Food quality. Detainees’ rights to consult with an attorney, to contact by telephone the defender and to communicate with a relative or with trusted person On January 30th, during the morning period, it was carried out a visit to the Temporary Installation Centre of the Lisbon’s Airport, thought to accommodate foreign citizens to whom it was refused the entry in Portuguese territory. At the time of the visit, there were 15 foreign citizens allocated to the centre, distributed for its two wings, considering their legal situation (v.g., asylum seekers and refusals of entry in the national territory). The Immigration and Borders Service is responsible for the management of the visited space, with the contribution of a private security company, under the permanent supervision of a member of its staff. According to the information given by the staff, every day are served five meals: breakfast, lunch, snack, dinner and a supper (given with dinner). The number of meals ordered is calculated every day, according to the occupancy rate. It was possible to see that there is no any kind of previous control of the quality of the meals. Those meals are distributed by a private company and they are identical to those served in airplanes. It is important to emphasize the possibility of having diet, justified by religious, health or personal reasons. It was ascertained the typology of procedures used on communication with the outside. It was informed that every person has the right to a first call, free of charges, for 5 minutes maximum, made at entrance of the centre, to whom he/she wants to. After that the phone calls, paid by foreign citizens, are made from a phone booth that exists inside of each wing. The foreign citizens can consult documentation with the contacts of the diplomatic authorities existing in Portugal, as well as of the entities, both public and private, with competencies on this matter. Related to the contact with a lawyer it was possible to verify that persons accommodated in the visited facilities are informed about the phone number of the Portuguese Bar Association, located in Lisbon. It was also possible to verify the existence of a room, 18 |