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Madeira prisons: Funchal, Porto Santo, and DGRSP visits

Madeira is an autonomous Atlantic region, capital Funchal, with Porto Santo as a second island. The Azores are not this map. DGRSP still runs establishments. There is no public list of names.

Madeira: how this area actually works

Funchal is the capital on a steep amphitheatre that tourists treat as the whole island. Câmara de Lobos, Machico, and Porto Santo are other municipalities, and a hotel on the seafront can be the wrong town. Police custody is not a visit. DGRSP places people in an establishment on Madeira; a mainland transfer is a flight to Lisbon, not a tunnel. The justice site will not search a surname. Ask the lawyer which address is current before you pay for a room because the levadas are famous. Cabo Girão is not a gate. This region is not the Azores and not Setúbal, however Portuguese the paperwork looks.

Families treat Porto Santo as a beach add-on to a Funchal visit. It is a second island with a second plan. A visit permission for Funchal does not open a mainland house. Women and younger people may be placed on the continent. This page is not a roll of prisoners. If the papers name Ponta Delgada, use the Azores guide. Confirm the week of travel. A release to an address in Câmara de Lobos or Machico ends the prison visit. The regional government will not add a visitor. The famous airport runway is not the establishment.

Visits need authorisation and identification. This guide copies no timetable. Wind at Funchal airport cancels slots that a Lisbon family treats as optional. Money and parcels follow the rules of that establishment, and parcels to an island have a different clock. If the person moves to the mainland, start again. Porto Santo does not share Funchal’s visiting room. Use the address on the letter. A postcard of the levadas will not get you through the door, and a hotel on Porto Santo is useless when the establishment is in Funchal. Read the street before you leave the airport. Machico does not share that desk. Confirm the town before you pay today.

Finding someone held in Madeira

Confirm the island and the establishment. Madeira is not the Azores and not a Lisbon suburb. There is no public name search.

Porto Santo is not Funchal. Match the papers before you book the second-island hop.

Visits and family practicalities

Follow DGRSP notices for the named establishment. Bring identification. This page lists no hours.

A Madeira permission does not open a mainland house. Lawyers use their own route. If the flight is diverted to Porto Santo, only the establishment can move the slot.

Getting around Madeira

Cristiano Ronaldo Airport at Santa Cruz is the family hub. Porto Santo is a separate hop. The establishment is not the cable car. Use official directions.

There is no drive from Lisbon. A hotel on the Promenade or on Porto Santo is the wrong base when the gate is in another parish. Leave margin for wind diversions. Read the municipality twice before you pay, and do not follow a levada map to the gate. Câmara de Lobos is not Funchal. Leave the afternoon clear of Cabo Girão, and keep the permission with the postcode before the last flight. Machico is not a visiting room. Do not sleep on Porto Santo because the region looks like one beach today. The Monte toboggan is not the visit. A hotel in Caniço fails when the papers name another parish. Leave a spare day for weather. The runway is not the gate. Read the region twice before you pay, and do not treat a Lisbon layover as a Funchal address. The Azores are a different autonomous region.

Prison guides in Madeira

Facility articles for houses we have sourced in this district. Empty coverage here is this site’s map, not proof that nobody is held in Madeira.

No named prison article for Madeira yet. Use DGRSP — Serviços Prisionais on the official site, then come back when we add the house.

Questions families actually ask

Does Madeira publish inmate names?
No. Portugal does not offer a public roster for Madeira or for the mainland.
Is a Madeira case always held in Funchal?
Often the establishment is on Madeira, and sometimes the person is on the mainland. Follow the papers.
Is Porto Santo the same visit as Funchal?
No. Porto Santo is a second island. Match the address on the letter before you hop.

Other Districts and autonomous regions in Portugal

district · AveiroAveiroAveiro district sits on the Ria, between Porto and Coimbra. The canals are not the prison system. DGRSP runs establishments. There is no public list of names.Open this area →region · Ponta DelgadaAzoresAçoresThe Azores are an autonomous region of nine mid-Atlantic islands, capital Ponta Delgada on São Miguel. Mainland districts are not this map. DGRSP still runs establishments. There is no public list of names.Open this area →district · BejaBejaBeja district is the hot interior of the Baixo Alentejo, capital Beja. It is not the Algarve coast and not Évora. DGRSP runs establishments. Nobody publishes a list of who is inside.Open this area →district · BragaBragaBraga district is in the Minho, capital Braga, with Guimarães and Barcelos inside its borders. It is not the Porto district. DGRSP runs establishments. There is no public list of names.Open this area →district · BragançaBragançaBragançaBragança district is Trás-os-Montes in the far northeast, capital Bragança. Mirandela and Miranda do Douro are other towns. DGRSP runs establishments. Nobody publishes a list of who is inside.Open this area →district · Castelo BrancoCastelo BrancoCastelo Branco district is the Beira Baixa, between the Spanish border and the Serra da Estrela. Covilhã and Fundão are other towns. DGRSP runs establishments. There is no public list of names.Open this area →district · CoimbraCoimbraCoimbra district runs from the university city to Figueira da Foz on the coast. It is not Aveiro and not Leiria. DGRSP runs establishments. There is no public list of names.Open this area →district · ÉvoraÉvoraÉvoraÉvora district is the central Alentejo, capital Évora. Estremoz, Montemor-o-Novo, and Reguengos are other towns. It is not Beja and not Lisbon. DGRSP runs establishments. Nobody publishes a list of who is inside.Open this area →district · FaroFaroFaro district is the Algarve, capital Faro. Lagos, Portimão, Albufeira, Loulé, and Tavira are other towns. It is not Beja and not Spain. DGRSP runs establishments. There is no public list of names.Open this area →district · GuardaGuardaGuarda district is the high Beira, capital Guarda, with Seia and Gouveia under the Serra da Estrela. Covilhã is in Castelo Branco, not here. DGRSP runs establishments. There is no public list of names.Open this area →district · LeiriaLeiriaLeiria district sits on the west coast under Coimbra, capital Leiria, with Nazaré, Alcobaça and Caldas da Rainha on the same map. Fátima is in Santarém, not here. DGRSP runs establishments. There is no public list of names.Open this area →district · LisbonLisbonLisboaLisbon district covers the capital and a wide ring that includes Sintra, Cascais, Loures, and Amadora. Linhó and Monsanto are different establishments. DGRSP runs them. There is no public list of names.Open this area →

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Source

Confirm location, visits and hours on the official service. This site does not list who is in custody.

Official locatorDGRSP — Serviços PrisionaisOpen official site →