Report of the HRD on the activities of the National Preventive Mechanism in Poland in 2011 the director of Olsztyn Pre-Trial Detention Centre, the solutions adopted in this establishment allow for all kinds of visits to which persons detained on remand are entitled. The National Preventive Mechanism recommended to: • Make it possible for persons detained on remand to make telephone conversations with their defence counsels or representatives, and to include this provision in the internal regulations of the establishments; • Provide rooms for visits without a supervising person. l) Right to religious practice The visited establishments assured the appropriate conditions for prisoners to follow religious practices and receive religious services. The practices were carried put in prison chapels or in special rooms, dedicated for the purpose. Pastoral care over prisoners was exercised by a Catholic chaplain, but representatives of other denominations and religious associations were also active in the establishments. Nevertheless, in Wadowice Prison persons detained on remand as well as persons qualified as dangerous had no opportunity to participated in the Mass (they could only listen to it on the radio). Attention must be drawn do the fact that both Article 88b(3) and Article 212b(3) of the Executive Penal Code provide for the right of persons detained on remand and those qualified as dangerous to participate directly in religious service in the wards where they are placed. Additionally, Articles 88b(1) and 212b(1) of the Executive Penal Code introduce the duty to equip, i.a. places dedicated for religious practice, with appropriate technical and preventive security equipment permitting those groups of prisoners to participate in a Mass. The director of Wadowice establishment notified the Mechanism that the person responsible for religious services there was the chaplain, and that he was informed about the NPM’s recommendations concerning the participation in religious practice by persons detained on remand and those qualified as dangerous. The Mechanism maintains its interest in the issue. The National Preventive Mechanism recommended to: • Make it possible for persons detained on remand and those qualified as dangerous to participate directly in the Mass. m) Living conditions The technical condition of the visited establishments varied significantly. The National Preventive Mechanism evaluated the conditions in Pavilion A of Sieradz Prison and in Pavilion C of Nowogard Prison as deplorable enough to pose a risk of degrading treatment of prisoners staying there. In the opinion of the National Preventive Mechanism, the lack of sufficient area to move freely, blocked ventilation systems, insufficient lighting, advanced mould in rooms, humidity, worn-out accommodation 46