O Investment is around seven million euros And it intends to strengthen the social ties of the prisoners, but also that they can call aid easily.
It is the end of the lines in arrests by a call in a telephone booth as all cells of the country’s 49 prison establishments are already equipped with a landline. It took five years to install almost 7,500 devices, which intend to reinforce the social ties of the prisoners.
Available within the cells from 07:00 to 22:00each prisoner is entitled to an hour of conversation for previously authorized phone numbers.
Five years after SIC registered in Odemira the pilot project that promised to change the paradigm of communication of prisoners with the abroad, all cells in all arrests in the country now have a landline.
The Minister of Justice, Rita Alarcão Judice, wanted to be present at the conclusion of the project, in the school arrest of Leiria, where The last 220 of the nearly 7,500 phones are already operating installed in the 49 prison establishments.
O Investment is around seven million euros And it intends to strengthen the social ties of prisoners, but also allow them to call aid easily.
The calls are paid by the prisoners, but there are 10 free numbers accessible at any time: lines of public interest like the Justice Ombudsman.