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The neo-Nazi's lawyer says he is 'locked up 22 hours a day in an eight-square-metre cell' and confirmed he will appeal.
According to the secretary-general of the Portuguese Association for Support to Prisoners, the number of complaints about poor conditions in prisons is underestimated.
Over the past nine years the Portuguese State has paid about €1.5 million in compensation to inmates held in cells considered inhuman, and the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) still has more than 850 complaints pending. According to Jornal de Notícias (JN) on Monday, 13 of these complaints underpin a request for ...
Press review: At the moment, a further 854 compensation claims are awaiting resolution due to the precarious conditions in Portuguese prisons.
