Visit no. 7-2015 Date: 2015.09.17 Location: Estabelecimento Prisional de Caxias [Caxias’ Prison Facility] (Lisbon) Subject: Detention conditions: lightning, ventilation, isolation against cold or heat. Criteria of the inmates’ separation by sectors. Disciplinary procedures. Food quality In the morning of September 17th, a visit was made to Caxias’ Prison Faclity. At the time of the visitation, there were 505 prisoners allocated to the prison. The prison is divided in two areas, North area and South area, which work in independent buildings and are distant from each other about three hundred meters. The North area has a capacity for 310 prisoners and South area 195 prisoners. A visitation was made to the prison area, as well as to the different spaces of accommodation for the purpose of checking their habitability conditions. Good conditions were attested in the North area due to recent structural works, particularly on the third floor. They were ongoing works on the cells of second floor and, soon, were expected works on the ground floor covering, as well, in addition to accommodation, the food sector and the visiting room. The alarm system was operational at North area. A cell that is designed to comply with disciplinary measure of compulsory stay in the accommodation, was restructured, so, it was observed very good habitability conditions. The disciplinary cells were also in good conditions. The entire administrative area was also the object of profound works, finding in good conditions habitability. In South area, they were detected, in accommodation spaces, signs of infiltration, as well as poor insulation against cold and heat, boosted by the degradation of some windows. With regard to distribution criteria of prisoners by accommodation space area, it was found that: a) North area: i) prisoners who require greater vigilance, either due the committed crime type, either due to their own characteristics; ii) third floor right is intended to inactive and has a capacity for 90 prisoners; iii) the left third floor is intended for workers or students and has capacity for 70 prisoners; iv) the second floor, which allows housing 78 prisoners, was in works, so it has not been thought the criteria for distribution; v) on the ground floor it is planned to build an admission zone and «transit» zone with capacity for 20 prisoners; b) South area: i) primary housing inmates, elderly people and persons with health problems; smokers prisoners, having capacity for 77 inmates; | 23