The Minister of Justice today highlighted, at the Linhó Correctional Facility, the importance of the link between prisons and the community, during the signing ceremony of a cooperation protocol with the Cascais Municipal Council. The partnership aims to create a framework for cooperation with concrete projects for the Linhó and Tires correctional facilities, benefiting inmates and the professionals who work there.
The protocol covers areas such as training, work, improved conditions in prison infrastructure, and modernization. It includes projects like mapping the water supply network to identify leaks at the Linhó Correctional Facility, reactivating locksmith and carpentry workshops, renovating the playground at the Casa das Mães, reinforcing human resources, and relaunching the Casa da Criança project.
For the professionals of the Prison Guard Corps, the agreement foresees the possibility of rehabilitating official housing and expanding the mental health support program “Caring for Those Who Care for Us”. The Minister emphasized that these projects share the goal of improving the conditions for serving sentences and for professionals at work.
Additionally, protocols were signed between the General Directorate of Reintegration and Prison Services and the Cascais Municipality for external work. These agreements will allow up to 28 inmates from the Linhó and Tires facilities to work outside the prison walls, in activities such as caring for animals, maintaining green spaces, tending to municipal cemeteries, laying cobblestones, and cleaning municipal facilities.
