Report of the HRD on the activities of the National Preventive Mechanism in Poland in 2011 converted into a storehouse. According to the Director of the Centre, the conversion was motivated by the fact that the rooms were not used due to a small number of juveniles. In the opinion of the NPM, in such cases the arrangement and capacity of the establishment should be reorganised. The National Preventive Mechanism recommended : • Taking care about the technical condition and aesthetic qualities of the rooms; • Furnishing bedrooms for juveniles with beds to ensure the appropriate rest at night-time; • Furnishing shower cubicles with curtains ensuring intimacy; • Supplying appropriate clothing for juveniles to the Centres; • Supplying toiletries to the Centres. g) Disciplining As regards disciplining in Police emergency centres for children, the representatives of the National Preventive Mechanism found practices that were contrary to the abovementioned Ordinance which stipulates that disciplining measures are oral praise or reprimand. The visited establishments, however, used as discipling measures i.a. a report on inappropriate behaviour of a juvenile sent to the court, ban on watching television (Radom), isolation (Elbląg), partial ban on watching television or on visits of parents or guardians (Olsztyn), a relevant entry in the documentation concerning a juvenile, a report on inappropriate behaviour of a juvenile sent to schools, family courts and establishments for juveniles, isolation (Tarnów). The NPM recommended that sanctions and rewards which are not listed in the Ordinance should not be applied. The visiting team were particularly critical of using isolation as a form of punishment (Tarnów, Elbląg, Olsztyn), since the Act on juvenile delinquency proceedings stipulates that isolation may only be used in specific cases, as a coercive measure145. Therefore, the National Preventive Mechanism recommended that isolation of a juvenile should be eliminated from the catalogue of sanctions. In reply, the Directors of ECCs in Tarnów and in Olsztyn informed that the provisions on rewards and sanctions which were incompliant with the law were repealed. It must be noted that the ECC in Elbląg did not have an isolation room meeting the safety requirements. In reply to the recommendations of the NPM, placement of a juvenile in an isolation room to protect his/her health or the health of the outsiders was eliminated from the catalogue of sanctions, and one of the patient rooms was designated as an isolation room. The sanction consisting in limiting the visits by family and friends finds no justification. The Convention on the Rights of the Child146 states that every child deprived of liberty shall be separated from adults unless it is considered in  See: Article 95a. § 1 and 2 of the Act on juvenile delinquency proceedings.  See: Article 37c (Dz. U. of 1991 No 120, item 526, as amended). 145 146 80