Investigation about quality and quantity of food and procedures for the separation of inmates (preventive v. convicts, open scheme v. closed scheme, gender, first v. repeat offenders, young prisoners v. adults)

Investigation of the living conditions of detention areas (lighting, temperature and ventilation), the working conditions of the officers and compliance with legal and regulatory standards of compulsory inpatient care

Investigation of the conditions of compulsory inpatient and compulsory outpatient, use of coercive measures, safeguard of privacy within accommodation and existence and observation of medication protocols in doctor’s absence

Investigation about food quality, contacts with inmates with the outside and living conditions and treatment given to children in prison

Investigation of living conditions and assuring compliance with the rights of prisoners of constitute lawyer, telephoning the defender and communicate with family or person of confidence

Investigation about food quality, opening procedures in administrative terms and concerning to the movement of prisoners and recruitment of guards

Investigation about food quality, living conditions of prisoners (lightning, temperature and ventilation) and disciplinary procedures

Investigation of living conditions of detainees (lightning, temperature and ventilation) and assuring compliance with the rights of prisoners of constitute lawyer, telephoning the defender and communicate with family or person of confidence

Investigation of living conditions of places of detention (lighting, temperature and ventilation), conditions of sanitary facilities, detention times and assuring compliance with prisoners’ rights to consult with an attorney, to contact by telephone the defender and to communicate with a relative or with trusted person

Investigation of living conditions of places of detention (light, temperature and ventilation), maximum detention periods and articulation between «Polícia Judiciária» [Criminal Police] and «Direção-Geral da Reinserção Social e Serviços Prisionais» [Directorate of Prison Services and Social Rehabilitation]