Report of the HRD on the activities of the National Preventive Mechanism in Poland in 2011 The National Preventive Mechanism recommended: • The relevant family court should be officially notified about the lack of interest in the child on the part of his/her legal guardian and on the lack of taking legal measures on his/her behalf; • The addresses of institutions protecting the rights of juveniles, including the Human Rights Defender, the Ombudsman for Children, the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights and a family court judge, should be displayed in a well visible place. i) Cultural and educational measures The majority of Police emergency centres for children offer instructional and preventive activities. The offer of activities at the ECC in Ostrów Wielkopolski was extended to include classes on addictions, Polish language lessons, mathematics and biology lessons. In the ECC in Lublin, the representatives of the Mechanism praised the offer of classes aimed at refreshing and consolidating the knowledge of orthography, grammar, mathematics, chemistry and geography, but also of activities testing the juveniles’ powers of observation and logical thinking. Juveniles could also use a gym equipped with a ping-pong table and numerous fitness devices. The ECC in Gorzów Wielkopolski deserves special praise for organising a consultation point, a hotline, and meetings with youth in schools and in the Centre. The visiting team of the NPM noted that in two Police emergency centres for children (Radom and Bydgoszcz) the offer of activities was poor. According to the Director of the Centre in Radom, juveniles at the Centre could watch educational films, they received brochures, rebuses to solve, and writing tasks. In some visited centres, juveniles did not have access to any outdoor activities (Olsztyn, Gorzów Wielkopolski). Juveniles staying at the ECC in Olsztyn, interviewed by the representatives of the Mechanism, stated that their main activity was watching television. The staff successfully persuaded them not to participate in outdoor activities. The staff of the Centre confirmed that watching television was the main activity of juveniles. They did not take juveniles outdoors for safety reasons and due to reluctance declared by juveniles. The activities organised for juveniles at the Centre in Gorzów Wielkopolski took place only in the entertainment room, since the Centre does not have an exercise yard. In its report for the Polish government following its visit to Poland in 2004, the CPT stated that the Polish authorities should take the following steps at the police establishments for children: develop the range of constructive activities offered to detained children, with particular emphasis on education and ensure that persons detained in police cells for a longer time (i.e. 24 hours and more) are offered outdoor exercise everyday day148.The NPM also emphasizes that it is of utmost importance to create conditions to enable juveniles to participate in educational, cultural and sports activities for an appropriate part of the day, including an hour of outdoor exercise. The Directors of the Centres agreed with the  See: § 36 and 44 in CPT/INF(2006)11. 148 82