Portugal’s ‘other famous jail breaker’ is in Israel; won’t be extradited
With so much focus on Saturday’s jailbreak, journalists have started remembering the last ‘famous jail break’, from Caxias, in 2017. The Portuguese convict ‘still technically on the run’ infuriated police
Prisons “need 1,500 more guards to stop further jail breaks”
Union leader highlights further discrepancies in ‘official narrative’ on mass jailbreak The president of Portugal’s National Prison Guard Union (SNCGP) has warned that the country’s prisons need around 1,500 more
Liberal Initiative requests urgent hearing of Justice Minister (and predecessors) over Saturday’s mass jailbreak
Justice minister’s ‘silence’ already a point of controversy Portugal’s minority Liberal Initiative party has been the first to request an urgent hearing of the Minister of Justice and her two
Yesterday’s jail break “one of largest attacks on image of Portugal”
“Devastating portrait of a State in decrepitude” It has taken no time at all for leader writers to comment on yesterday’s extraordinary jail break by five ‘high risk’ prisoners from
Prison break: “government’s total abandonment of service led to this”
Prison guards syndicate warns “all prisons are the same” The national prison guards syndicate (SNCGP) has told SIC Notícias that Vale dos Judeus prison had four watchtowers which were demolished
Five prisoners “considered dangerous” break out of jail near Lisbon
Escape “aided by three individuals waiting with ladders” and Mercedes An all points alert is out today after five men, considered dangerous, broke out of a prison in Alcoentre, near
Prisoners to receive ‘cell phones’
The government has approved a diploma to allow the installation of landlines in prison cells. The idea being that inmates will be allowed calls from ‘approved numbers’, and with a
Gulbenkian ‘art broker’ pleads guilty to million-euro pumpkin theft. Sentencing due on July 28
The extraordinary story of Angela Gulbenkian – a self-styled ‘art world heiress’ whose last name came from being married to Portuguese sports agent Duarte Gulbenkian – has taken another extraordinary
Portugal’s interior ministry ‘ponders putting undocumented migrants in jail’
In a move that is almost certain to generate controversy, MAI – the Portuguese interior ministry – is reported to be ‘pondering’ a plan to put ‘foreigners who arrive in
Portuguese artists demand Spanish rapper’s release
Over 100 artists in Portugal have signed a petition in support of Spanish rapper Pablo Hasél. Hasél was taken to prison on Tuesday on charges of glorifying terrorism and insulting