Prisoners at Pinheiro da Cruz jail near Grândola go on rampage
Prisoners at trouble-torn Pinheiro da Cruz jail, near Grândola, are reported to have gone on the rampage this week in protest to the scarcity of available medication. The uproar involved
Prison 'shake-up' in Portugal makes wardens responsible for repeat offenders
Portugal’s prison authority (DGRSP) has come up with a controversial new system to lower the number of repeat offenders overloading the country’s prisons. If prison establishments fail to lower their
Jailed GNR gets support of online petition
Meantime, there is good news for the Loures cop jailed for nine years for killing a child in a police chase. Hugo Ernano was jailed last year – and ordered
Portugal’s prison services at breaking point
The Directorate-General for Reintegration and Prison Services (DGRSP) has warned that a €27-million deficit in its budget this year is leading to a chronic lack of funds and staff shortages.
Weekend prison
A bankrupt textile boss from Guimarães has been sentenced to 48 weekends in jail for tax offences but is appealing on the grounds of the danger of being exposed to
Prison break
Three men, including a convicted murderer, escaped from prison in Grândola over the weekend, but at the time of writing, two had already been recaptured. The men, aged between 35
Prison break escapee back behind bars
One of the three convicts who escaped recently from Castelo Branco prison is back behind bars after a combined police operation that saw him cornered in Gavião, Portalegre, on Thursday,
Dangerous convicts escape from Castelo Branco prison
Three prisoners considered extremely dangerous escaped from Castelo Branco prison last weekend, injuring three guards in the process. The convicts took advantage of the moment they were being transferred to
Harm reduction in prisons
Following a damning report into the state of the country’s prisons, the government is under pressure to set up heroin injection rooms in its overcrowded jails, where widespread drug use