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Housed in the former county jail building, built in the 50s, the Regional Prison of Aveiro was created in 1973.\nIn 1999 he was the subject of total refurbishment and expansion. \nThe Property consists of a main prison wing, where the majority of the cells and dormitories, as well as a ward for prisoners in the open system. As a result of renovation works were created in separate areas, either a female or an industry sector discipline. It also has three recreation areas and laundry and kitchen with dining.\nFor Education, there are two rooms equipped with their own equipment. The professional area has two rooms, one for the ceramics with a long tradition in the Establishment, the other with multipurpose function and computing. \nThe Prison is mainly intended to order the preventive prison of the Courts of the Districts of Aveiro, Albergaria-a-Velha Anadia, Aveiro, Estarreja �lhavo, Oliveira do Bairro Ovar, Aveiro, Mira, Sever do Vouga Vagos Vale and Cambra.

The Regional Prison of Angra Heroism was created in 1975.\nThis establishment is intended to inmates of both sexes and is thus divided into two distinct zones.\nIn both sectors - male and female - and there are individual cells, respectively, two and one wards.\nThe establishment also has beds for children for the event of any inmates with young children. \nFor sports enthusiasts, the Establishment has a patio in each sector.\nThe Prison is mainly intended to order the preventive prison of the Courts of the Districts of Angra Heroism, Horta, Praia da Vit�ria, S�o Roque do Pico, Santa Cruz da Graciosa Santa Cruz das Flores and Candles.

Installed in the building of the former \"Prison,\" whose date of construction is located in the late nineteenth century, the Regional Prison in Ponta Delgada was established in 1975.\nThe Property consists of two bodies connected by a central body. In this central body, and spread over three floors, is situated in the ordinance, the district administrative chief of guards, school zone, the office of telecommuting / computer room and chapel.\nIn a body there are three floors of the building with dormitories for housing male inmates, bar, barber shop and a disciplinary cell.\nIn another body, and the third floor is installed Zone Prison Women. Upstairs, you find the workshop area and first floor, the dining room and kitchen.\nFor the practice of sport, the Establishment offers a playground-protected network, suitable areas for handball, five soccer, basketball and volleyball.\nPower is supplied by private enterprise.\nThe prison population is composed mainly of prisoners to the order of preventive Courts of th

Installed in the building of the old county jail, the Prison Regional de Braga was created in 1972 consisting of four wings with cells and dormitories.\nThe establishment is equipped with a playground where they practiced various sports.\nIn each of the four wards a dining simultaneously used as living area.\nPower is supplied by a private company that prepares meals in the kitchen of the Establishment.\nThe establishment is also equipped with two classrooms used for teaching Basic (1st and 2nd cycle) and Library.\nThe Prison is mainly intended to order the preventive prison of the Courts of the Districts of Braga, Braga, Povoa do Lanhoso, Vieira do Minho, Vila Verde.

Initially working as a chain of support from the Regional Prison Braga, was created in 1989 as Regional Prison. \nThe establishment is equipped medical office and two rooms adapted for local work and classes. \nInmates in Open System Aimed to the Exterior are housed in a prefabricated building at the facility. \nFor sports have a soccer field, suitable for volleyball and basketball. \nThere are agreements with community organizations for many different activities. For example refers to prisoners' access to the library of the Municipality of Guimar�es, which commuters to EP.\nPower is supplied by private enterprise. \nThe prison population is composed mainly of prisoners to the order of preventive Courts of the Districts of Headwaters de Basto, Fafe, Felgueiras, Guimaraes and Lousada.

After adaptation works for an old college for the minors, came into operation in 1996 the Prison Izeda composed of two main buildings with two floors and wards with essentially a sector with 16 individual pens.\nThe EP has a kitchen, two dining areas, small ward with clinical services, training spaces and workshop spaces. \nWhen it comes to sports facilities, the EP Izeda has two sports centers, a small gym and a football field of eleven.\nAlthough the Prison Izeda is faced with some problems due to its geographical location, is to highlight their successful integration into the local community. That's how often actions are developed with the community at large, using this, seasonally, to labor of prisoners in the open for the performance of agricultural and construction industries.\nThe establishment also has the structure of agro-livestock significant dimension that enables the occupation of large numbers of prisoners.\nThe prison population is made up of convicted prisoners from the North and, mostly, the

Housed in the former county jail building, built in 1951, the Regional Prison of Braganza was created in 1972.\nThe Regional Prison Braganza has two floors, with single cells and dormitories. In 1996, two houses were built twin autonomous, with dormitories, toilets, kitchen and dining room, designed to inmates in the open. These facilities are located in the area surrounding the plant.\nThe Establishment has two spaces to support the work of prisoners: a room located in Zone Prison and a workshop located near the houses for prisoners in the open. It also has a lounge and a small room suitable for teaching activities.\nFor the sporting activities of the inmates of the room EPR Bragan�a have inner courtyards, to soccer practice, gymnastics and other sports with ball, we use the Sports Pavilion Stadium of Braganza, and the Pavilion of the PSP\nThe Prison is mainly intended to order the preventive prison of the Courts of the Districts of Customs of the Faith, Bragan�a, Carrazeda of Ansi�es, Macedo de Cavaleiros,

Having served as a jail in support of the Regional Prison Castelo Branco was on June 1, 1989, established definitively as Regional Prison.\nOperates on a two-storey octagonal structure with cells.\nIt has a patio for the sporting activities of workshop area and school zone.\nPower is supplied by a private company and made out of Prison. \nSituated about 5 km from the Establishment, but incorporating the same, there is an area of approximately 3.5 acres - the Quinta de San Miguel - for the accommodation of prisoners in the open here and develop agriculture and livestock. In 1998, the house was built for housing the inmates, replacing the old facilities. Proceeded to the installation of an area for training.\nThe Prison is mainly intended to order the preventive prison of the Courts of the Districts of Covilh�, Fund�o, Penamacor and Sambucus.

In December 1889 was built next to the Convent of Santa Ana, then out of the city's perimeter, the Chain of Coimbra Penitentiary, now called the Prison of Coimbra. Intended to inmates sentenced to more than two years and offenders of \"Hard Correction.\"\nThis is a closed establishment, mobile construction, according to architectural rules that fall in establishments called \"star\" or, more precisely, in the Philadelphia system, which allows greater ease of monitoring due to its configuration ( Bentham's Panopticon system).\nThe structure of the Prison extends for eight wards for the accommodation of prisoners and other services.\nThe establishment is geared towards learning various trades, having workshops in the areas of carpentry, woodworking, sawing, quilting, binding, straw, wood carvers, mechanical polishing, shoemaking and blacksmithing, as well as professional training courses in the areas of installation and computer repair, recognition, validad��o and certification of skills, carpentry and clean

With the primary objective of accommodating prisoners originating from Madeira, which had to meet in custody on the mainland, went into operation in 1994, the Prison of Funchal.\nThe Sector Female Prison Zone Establishment consists of two bodies, arranged in parallel. In a body, three floors are occupied by cells of accommodation, while in other cells occupies the space of just two floors.\nAltogether this area prison has 10 wards, an infirmary, a gymnasium and an area oficinal.O Sector Male, has two wards and 20 single cells and a playground and two rooms for ber��rio.Localizado outside the walls, there a flag for the inmates in the open and a sports pavilion open to the community exterior.A its architectural layout, although following a traditional typology, based on a greater separation of inmates, through the provision of small units began in 1999 alojamento.Em Establishing the use of apartments for conjugal visits �ntimas.A Prison Population is primarily made up of convicted prisoners from the RAM and by

The Regional Prison Guard was created in 1971, working since then on the premises of the sanatorium-Prison Guard. With extinction, in 1985, spent their facilities to incorporate the Establishment Regional. In 1998, due to inadequate facilities for female prisoners in the Central / North of the country, the Directorate-General of the Prison Service decided to turn the premises in Sector Female Prison, the former sanatorium, keeping, however, the building of the former county jail as Male sector.\nThe works of complete refurbishment Sector Female led a reorganization of the spaces and the creation of new areas for the female population - a hairdressing room, nursery, doctor's office, a playground, an area school and vocational training, a sports discovered the latter two sectors used by the Establishment.\nSince May 2002, this establishment again receive a mainly male population and carried out the housing of prisoners in cells and dormitories.\nThe accommodation in either sector, takes place in cells and dorm

In 1946 was built in Quinta do Lagar d 'El Rei, Leiria, a \"prison school\" integrated into the group of \"Special Chains\" and intended to receive prisoners with less than 21 years they could get special treatment \"privileging action intense education and away from older offenders. \" \nThe structure of the Establishment holds seven pavilions, including two each with two wings. Over the past three years proceeded to rebuild the pavilion called St. Augustine, the creation of a support unit of the prison drug addicts\nand the installation of the health unit for inmates assigned to the establishment and others located in the center of the country. \nThe Establishment has a soccer field, recreation room and common courtyards and living rooms in each of the pavilions. Recently installed a new gymnasium equipped with the most modern equipment.\nThe Prison Leiria continues to be intended for the internment of prisoners of young adults 16 to 21 years with the option to stay until age 25. Mindful of this fact the m

Housed in the former county jail building, built in the 50s, the Regional Prison in Caldas da Rainha was created in 1976. \nThis establishment consists of a single Ala Prison, with individual cells and wards and a separate ward of that wing, designed for prisoners who are in the open. \nThe surrounding area of the Establishment were built two houses, called \"Out House\" and \"Open House Rules.\" \nThe \"Out House\" is intended to inmates of all establishments that have followed, in a closed regime, drug treatment program, there are placed in the final phase of imprisonment in the open, continuing to benefit from special support although they are already working or studying abroad. \nThe \"Open House Scheme\" is intended to house prisoners in the open. Both houses have their own programs and have numerous protocols with local authorities, which aims to support the social rehabilitation of prisoners.\nThe sport is developed by the inmates in the main courtyard of the Establishment. \nPower is supplied by priva

The Prison and Penal Reform, 1 July 1867, abolished the death penalty and imposed a sentence of imprisonment cell, creating the chain effect for the Penitentiary. In 1885 the first prisoners were brought in Lisbon Prison Chain, started building in 1873 and now called the Lisbon Prison. This is an establishment designed in the Panopticon system with a star structure\nconsists of six wards, with four floors, which converge at a point where surveillance is carried on the center aisle of each ward.\nApart from these wards, the boundaries of the Establishment, there is a flag pre-fabricated (H ward) with 22 wards spread over two floors.\nThe first programs to support prisoners were drug addicts in this establishment with the creation of an autonomous unit therapy (G Wing).\nThe Establishment provides clinical services in its own facilities, with an inpatient ward.\nIn each wing of the EP run a gym, cafeteria and bar.\nPolygon surrounding the facilities are located workshops and support services.\nIt also has a the

In order to establish an agricultural colony for prisoners to serve their sentence in prison larger, the agricultural labor system, was inaugurated on January 18, 1944, the Colony Prison Alcoentre.\nSpread over an area of 650 hectares, were built in detention facilities, district officials, workshops and, for the most part, the agricultural and livestock facilities.\nCurrently, correctional facilities are composed of three distinct zones:\n- The Central Block, which integrates three prison wards, workshop area, kitchen, nursery, school, gym, library, security sector personnel and facilities, and all these facilities, except for a wing, which already had toilet blocks were created or the subject of complete renovation since 1996;\n- Complementary The Pavilion, with two wings, gymnasium and sports center;\n- Three pavilions designed to house inmates placed in an open prison, built in 1993.\nGiven the characteristics of the establishment was installed in July 1993 by a Protocol Centre Justice Training Centre spe

Installed in buildings which were in the past, the Fort de Caxias, its construction dates back to late last century, integrating what is meant by Field Entrenched Lisbon. It was then a permanent fortification, with two pockets (North and South) and transferred to the Directorate General of Prison Services in December 1988 and came into operation on that date, the North Redoubt.\nIn the southern stronghold - which came into operation in 1995 after adjusting for Prison - in addition to housing inmates, is located one ward - which serves the entire Prison - doctors offices, cafeteria and kitchen, plus a library, a gym, classrooms, two playgrounds, playing fields, housing for guards and support structures.\nIn North Redoubt are installed the services of management and leadership of the institution, a doctor's office, a gym and a library, classrooms, a workshop area and a recreation area consisting of two playing fields. Near the entrance of the establishment, are the accommodations for prison guards and their su

In 1954 was created the Central Prison in Lisbon. Is located in an area of approximately 90 hectares, in the parish of Alcabideche, municipality of Cascais. Today is called the Prison of linen, and is intended for the accommodation of young-adult convicts.\nThe area of prison accommodation consists of two wards with three main floors and two minor wards attached to them. It also has a Security Section within the walls and three pavilions for the Open System located outside the prison walls, these built in 1994.\nThe Establishment has a Health Unit, built in 1998 with exceptional conditions, for the prison population in the EP and other establishments of the South Region\nRegarding the sports area, inmates have three gyms and three multipurpose fields.\nIt also has several workshops and an agro-livestock, where large numbers of prisoners have the possibility to take part, creating and cementing work habits.\nGiven the Prison Population that is intended primarily, the EP Linh� has emphasized education and train

In the second half of the nineteenth century, were built in the Serra de Monsanto, due to its strategic importance, some military structures included in the Entrenched Camp of Lisbon, the capital's defense system. Forte de Monsanto, Monsanto current Prison, was part of this line of defense and is situated on the highest point of the city of Lisbon.\nAfter redevelopment, the May 15, 2007 by order of the Minister of Justice, the Prison of Monsanto was classified as Maximum Security Prison, unique in Portugal.\nThe Establishment has playing fields and various gyms that allow a variety of sports. Yet have a Health Unit with the possibility of relocation.\nOutside the facility, there is a section of the open.\nGiven the characteristics of the prison population, and the primary aim of social rehabilitation of prisoners, the EP Monsanto has sought to reconcile security needs with treatment responses prison.

The Prison of Carregueira is a central prison, and is intended to comply with custodial sentences of more than 6 months, and for safety, an EP mixed, since the system includes both open and closed regime. It was created by Decree-Law No. 273/97 of 8 October, published in the Official Gazette No. 233, Series I - A. The Prison of Carregueira is located in the parish of Beautiful, Municipality of Sintra, on National Road No. 117, about 4 km from the town of Fine, with the enterprise \"Belas Clube de Campo\". It is located on land previously belonging to the Ministry of Defence - Infantry Regiment No. 1, the former premises of EP Military Carregueira, which, however, has never function.This EP Carregueira is deployed in an area with more than 8 hectares. It has capacity for 572 inmates in a closed and 38 in the open, outward facing (RAVE), so a capacity of 610 reclusos.O prison building consists of two wards (A and B) with cells and wards and the Ala C where are the areas of services. It features 122 cells for 4

In implementing the Law of 20 July 1912 and in order to \"collect stray from 16 to 60 years old and trying their regeneration through work\", was founded in Cologne Criminal Sintra today, Prison Sintra . Running initially as agricultural colony, the establishment still maintains this tradition, occupying an average of 50 inmates in the cultivation of vegetables (potatoes, onions, carrots, lettuce, cabbage, garlic, French green beans), pasture for animals (sheep and goats) and forestry (forest clearing and trading of wood).\nGiven the predominantly urban origin of the prison population (prisoners convicted of the greater Lisbon area), the establishment also offers several workshops (carpentry, metal work, auto-mechanics). There are distinct areas of accommodation: an area for prisoners under closed, with two wings (A and B) and an autonomous zone with three pavilions for the inmates in Scheme Open Facing the Interior (RAVI) and Open System Aimed to the Exterior (RAVE). The two wards (A and B) have undergone ex

Housed in the former county jail building, the Regional Prison Montijo was created in 1971.\nThe establishment of this structure consists of a building with individual cells and wards, due to renovation works that remain in progress.\nThe establishment has its own kitchen and dining facilities, medical office, parlor, classrooms and three rooms for vocational training and employment activities.\nThe establishment offers four outdoor patios for the playgrounds, sports activities and training, as has a covered area.\nPower is supplied by a private company and made in the kitchen of the Establishment.\nThe prison population is composed mainly of prisoners to the order of preventive Courts of the Districts of Barreiro, Benavente, Coruche, Moita, Seixal and Montijo.

The Tires Prison was established in 1953 with the appointment of Central Prison for Women and delivered to the Congregation of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd, by agreement with the Ministry of Justice. As of September 22, 1980 his administration has moved from religious to lay trusteeship.\nTraditionally, this establishment was aimed at women by invoking the period between December 1984 and April 1989 when it also behaved prisoners of male centered on a single flag. This sector has remained in operation until the closure of the \"Chain of Monica\" when women who were there were moved to this EP\nSituated in a farm of 34 hectares, Tires Prison is composed of three pavilions Closed Regime, with one of the male population since 9/10/2002, in custody, three pavilions to house inmates in the open, a therapeutic space for autonomous recovery of addicts - Drug Free Unit - space \"House of Mothers in prison for the period of pregnancy and children up to age three, a nursery for the children of prisoners and

Situated in the new building of the Directorate of Judicial Police of the Port, its design and construction was planned from scratch and resulted in the occupation in the coming 19/4/2004 older installations that dated back more than half a century. \nThis project resulted in remarkable intention of changing conditions of confinement in the aspect of housing conditions, hygiene and safety.\nIt is intended as provided in Regulation of Prison Establishments installed in buildings of the Judicial Police (Order No. 352/80 of 6 November) to accommodate prisoners who will be present at the investigating judge or who are on the order and any prisoners or detainees whose presence is deemed necessary to the conduct of criminal proceedings s or the conduct of criminal investigations or procedures in charge of the Judicial Police \nPower is supplied by the Prison of Porto.

On September 28, 1957 was inaugurated the North Central Prison, receiving its first inmates in December of that year.\nInitially meant to prisoners sentenced to imprisonment exceeding six months, which allowed their facilities to lodge a separate, other categories of Prison Population, as was the case of minors awaiting entry into the prison-school and on the other hand, the \"correction of difficult offenders.\"\nWith an area of 80 hectares, also has about 200 acres of land around them. \nIt has an architectural arrangement equal to the Prison of Linh� resembling an \"H\" being the correct name of \"horseshoe.\" In this case, two \"horseshoes\" leaning, ie, the establishment is composed of two lateral wings connected by a cross-wing, comprising single cells and dormitories. The cells are distributed by wards A and B there are two covered patios and four discovered.\nIs essentially characterized by intense activity in-house labor, with particular emphasis on joinery, a factor that is not unrelated to their ge

In October 1961 the brigade was established in the Port Labour Prison, comprised of 230 inmates of Jail in the city, to work on the foundations of the building would be the Prison of Porto.\nAfter several transformations in architectural typology adopted was that of commonly called the \"telegraph pole\". On April 29, 1974 received its first inmates.\nIntended for male inmates, worked until the end of 2004, the boundaries of the facility, a Sector Female prisoners to the north of the country and for that there needed to stay by virtue of judgments and other judicial measures.\nThe prison bed space is split into four pavilions, in individual cells and dormitories. It has a Drug Free Unit, a security section and a Health Unit, which opened in 1997, which ensures multiple specialty consultations and hospitalization.\nIt also has a multipurpose sports field endowed with a synthetic surface that allows prisoners to practice various sports, especially soccer and athletics. The Establishment is also endowed with vas

The former penal colony of Santa Cruz do Bispo worked initially as an extension of the Port Jail received its first prisoners in July 1935. Only in 1946 it became autonomous and has its own direction.\n \nThe Prison of Santa Cruz do Bispo comprises: \nA pavilion with two wings, each with two floors, designed for inmates in the common;\nA Psychiatric Clinic with 73 individual cells, nine wards and one two bed room, for the internment of prisoners and incompetent inmates who require special monitoring in this area; \n \nA Drug Free Unit, Unit for Treatment of Prisoners, Drug Addicts, installed in separate pavilion with kitchen, gym and field games themselves; \nThe House of Reception of St. Andrew, founded in independent housing, initially to house ex-prisoners incompetent without outside support and that, today, you also receive prisoners in the open.\nThe prison population is made up of convicted prisoners from the Northern Region and Grand Harbour

The construction of the Prison Special Santa Cruz do Bispo is designed for an area located on land adjacent to and engaged Prison Santa Cruz do Bispo, Matosinhos municipality with an area of about 32,000 m2.\n\nIt was intended to build a new plant for the admission of women prison, sentenced to preventive prison in order to decrease the number of inmates in the Northern region moved to the South, since the only female prison was central in Tires, Lisbon region . Is it possible this way to allow inmates to stay in the northern region in facilitating contacts with the family.\n\nBeing a new prison, built from scratch, allows to adopt solutions that meet the current needs of the prison system such as cells for mothers with children and nursery and rooms for conjugal visits. The building allows the separation of convicted prisoners and preventive as well as being able to eventually separate the recidivist prison inmates from the first offense, and there is a sector of security for inmates in prison or security sy

Housed in the former county jail building, worked for several years as a Chain of Support to Regional Prison Leiria. In 1995, was created as Regional Prison of Torres Novas.\nThe Property consists of a single building consisting of a main wing with two floors, with single cells and dormitories.\nOffers medical office, living room / parlor, a small working room and a sunroom.\nThere is also a section, the old \"Wing Women\", consisting of two cells used for disciplinary action, a spa and a ward, intended primarily to inmates in the open, also served by an outdoor playground.\nPower is supplied by a private company and made in the Establishment.\nThe prison population is composed mainly of prisoners to the order of preventive Courts of the Districts of Abrantes, Alcanena Junction, Goleg�, Macau and Torres Novas.

Housed in the former county jail building, the Regional Prison in Set�bal was founded in 1971.\nThe structure of the Establishment is composed of a wing with three floors and a small wing attached to only one floor, with single cells and dormitories.\nDoes the establishment of two medical and nursing, kitchen, two dining rooms, bar, living rooms, three classrooms, a gymnasium and barbershop.\nFor the practice of sport there is an open air courtyard.\nPower is supplied by a private company and made in the Establishment.\nRecently, it was ceded an area of 22 hectares - the last of the Meadow - in the city of Setubal, for inmates in Scheme Open occupied in agricultural activities.\nThe prison population consists of inmates sentenced to preventive and order of the Courts of the Districts of Alcacer do Sal, Almada, Sines, Santiago do Cac�m, Sesimbra and Setubal.

Housed in the building of the county jail, built in the late 40's, the Regional Prison in Viana do Castelo was created in 1973. \nThe Establishment has doctor's office, cafeteria, laundry, canteen and parlor. \nFor the practice of sport has discovered two courtyards.\nPower is supplied by a private company.\nThe prison population is composed mainly of prisoners to the order of preventive Courts of the Districts, Arcos, Walks, Barcelos, Esposende, Melga�o, Monsoon, Paredes de Coura Ponte da Barca, Ponte de Lima, Valen�a, Viana do Castelo and Vila Nova Cerveira.

Initially the county jail (built in 1960/61), served as Chain Support EPR Vila Real between 1973 and 1989, when it passed the Regional Prison.\nThe Establishment has the following areas:\n\nPrison area with two floors having individual cells, dormitories, cafeteria, barber shop, classroom, bar, laundry and library; Service area with several offices;\nArea staff, accommodation, kitchen and bar / harvest.\nThe establishment was completely renovated in the late nineties.

Installed in the building of the former County Jail, built in the late 40, Prision Regional de Vila Real was created in 1973. It lies north of the city of Vila Real, near the A13 and Church of No. of Ms Conception Parish is part of that.\nThe Property consists of two floors, both with individual cells, dormitories and disciplinary sector.\nThe space where old for the female sector, is currently installed on the inmates RAVI / RAVE. \nThe second floor is also the library, lounge, kitchen and made refeit�rio.Resultante works were built accommodation facilities for guards lounge and bar, remodeling the living room and the Order of the inmates and construction other offices for other valence (eg care of inmates by staff and lawyers). It also has medical office, classrooms, chapel, parlor rooms, and more recently training (technical courses - EFA).\nFor the sport has discovered two rooms, one in each sector (common and open system), another space between walls on the outside but also descoberto.A power is supplied

Housed in the former county jail building, built in the 50s, the Regional Prison Lamego was created in 1973.\nIt consists of a wing with three floors and a sector of the open, both cells and dormitories. \nIn the nineties, with prison labor, there were renovation works that allowed to increase capacity, provide toilets with the cells and wards and creating spaces for education, training, working, dining, kitchen and living rooms. \n\nIt has also created an area for the Guard Corps with two wards and toilets and also a mess and a bar for employees.\nThe practice of sport is carried out either on the patio or in the establishment of community structures.\nPower is supplied by a private company and made in the kitchen of the Establishment.\nThe prison population consists mainly of preventive detainees to the order of the Courts of the Districts of Armadale, Baiao, Castro D'Aire, Cinf�es, Lamego, Mes�o Frio, Tondela, Weight Ruler, Resende, S�o Jo�o da Pesqueira and Tabua�o\n\n

Housed in the former county jail building, built in the 30s, the Prison Regional Viseu was created in 1975.\nIn 1996 the works were completed the total renovation of the administrative services and facilities of the Zone Prison.\nThe accommodation takes place in dormitories, and also containing the cafeteria, lounge, medical office, rooms for occupation / training in ESE Viseu (Field).\nIn 2005 the Establishment was the subject of works to strengthen its security conditions that included the sealing of the prison court, in order to increase also their profitability. These works were attended by a brigade of Labour Prison Staff Worker coordinated by the Establishment.\nThe prison population consists of inmates sentenced to preventive and order of the Courts of the Districts of Gouveia, Mangualde There, Oliveira de Friars, Santa Comba Dao, S. Pedro do Sul, Satan, Seia, Tondela, Viseu and Vouzela