The transport of detainees with mental disorders is usually done in vehicles of National Republican Guard. The ambulance transport can be made as a result of an express order or on the initiative of National Republican Guard. Whenever it is needed an ambulance to transport a detainee with mental disorders, it is requested to firefighters. In these cases, the detainee is always accompanied by a guard. Transportation is registered and there are different registers for criminal detention and transportation under the Mental Health Act. When asked about vehicle safety conditions, there were no complaints by the military who have confirmed the regular maintenance of the vehicle fleet. In short, the reality found in the National Republican Guard Territorial Post of Caldas da Rainha deserves a positive impression, namely its conditions of detention and cleanliness of the facility. However it can be anticipated a very cold environment in winter days. • Visit no. 43-2015 Date: 2015.12.18 Location: Zona de detenção da Diretoria de Lisboa e Vale do Tejo da Polícia Judiciária [Detention zone of the Lisbon and Tagus Valley Directorate of Criminal Police] (Lisbon) Subject: Detention conditions. Dialogue with the detainees, especially about their rights to consult with an attorney, contact by telephone with the defender and to communicate with a family member or a trusted person In the afternoon of December 18th, a visit was made to the Detention zone of the Lisbon and Tagus Valley Directorate of Criminal Police. Received by the deputy director, the NPM’s visitors were informed about the inexistence of a detention area, once that the Criminal Police use the adjoining prison establishment facilities. If the detainee is a woman, she goes to the Prison Facility of Tires. It was also informed that in cases when the police investigators have to, temporarily, leave the detainees, these last ones remain, with permanent surveillance, near the partners of the standby police service, in the facilities reserved to them. A visit to those installations, located in the new head office, was made. It seems to be adequate to the announced goal considering, not only the detainees’ safety (surveillance at sight), but also the temporary and exceptional nature of its use. It was not possible to hold a conversation with detainees once that, at the time of the visit, the persons registered as such were out of the facilities, in judicial proceedings. 64 |