The procedure of registration of detainees was appreciated, which do not contend
with the police intervention about patient transportation warrants to health establishments. The goods retained at the time of arrests are always identified.
There were no detainees identified at the time of the visit. Thus, the investigation was
focused in the patient transportation specifications in compulsory inpatient. It was concluded that the police does not have appropriate vehicles for this particular role, which
can jeopardize the citizens’ guarantees eventually conducted to hospital facilities. In consequence, the patients should be transported in ambulances, in the context of future protocols concluded with the competent authorities.
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Visit no. 34-2015
Date: 2015.11.23
Location: Centro de Instalação Temporária do Aeroporto de Faro [Temporary Installation Centre of the Faro Airport] (Faro)
Subject: Detention conditions. Food quality. Procedures of contact with the outside
world, especially with lawyers, embassies and consulates
On November 23rd, at night, a visit was made to the Temporary Installation Centre of
the Faro Airport.
The detention area was visited and consists of two symmetrical areas, one male and the
other female, with a capacity of six detainees each. Each area has a living and dining room,
two dormitories and a toilet.
The living and dining room is located at the entrance, is wide, has natural light and is
furnished with tables and chairs for detainees. It has television, only with four national
channels. The living room opens into a yard that can be accessed within the opening
hours. There is a corridor, with natural light, starting in the living/dining room which
gives access to dormitories.
Each dormitory has three beds and three bedside tables and only has artificial light.
Each toilet has a shower with hot water, a stainless steel sink and a toilet.
The female area also has a room with natural light, furnished with a cot. Lodgement is
cleaned daily.
In the day of the visit there were three foreign detainees who had been transferred
from Lisbon (asylum seekers) and another four citizens detained for apprehension of fake
documents. For nearly three years this institution is used for the transfer of detainees from
Lisbon.
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