Places visited by the National Preventive Mechanism in 2011 recommendation to increase the quality of activities offered and to add educational elements to the activities. The National Preventive Mechanism recommended: • Undertaking measures to offer constructive activities to detained children, with particular emphasis on education; • Increasing the offer of sports and recreation activities; • Reducing passive leisure activities of juveniles to the minimum. 2.4. Youth care centres and youth sociotherapy centres In 2011 the representatives of the National Preventive Mechanism visited 12 youth care centres149 and seven youth sociotherapy centres150. By the day of this Report, the Human Rights Defender, acting as the National Preventive Mechanism151, has not received any response to the recommendations issued to the directors of the Youth Care Centres in Kraków, in Kolonia Szczerbacka, Youth Care Centre No 2 in Warsaw and Youth Care Centre in Łękawa. Figure 5. N  umber of visits of the National Preventive Mechanism to Youth Care Centres and Youth Sociotherapy Institutions in the years 2008-2011. 35 30 12 25 2011 20 15 7 10 5 0 2010 13 7 3 Youth Care Centres 1 5 1 Youth Sociotherapy Centres 2009 2008  Youth Care Centre in Antoniewo, Youth Care Centre in Julianpol, Youth Care Centre St. Joseph’s House of Mercy in Kalisz, Youth Care Centre in Kalety, Youth Care Centre in Kamionek Wielki, Youth Care Centre in Wielkie Drogi, Youth Care Centre in Rzepczyno, Saint Faustina Youth Care Centre in Kraków, Youth Care Centre in Kraków, Youth Care Centre No 2 in Warsaw, Youth Care Centre in Kolonia Szczerbacka, Youth Care Centre in Łękawa. 150  Youth Sociotherapy Centre No 7 in Warsaw, Youth Sociotherapy Centre in Piaseczno, Youth Sociotherapy Centre No 4 in Warsaw, Youth Sociotherapy Centre No 5 Dom przy Rynku in Warsaw, Youth Sociotherapy Centre in Ustka, Common Home Sociotherapy Centre in Wilga, Youth Sociotherapy Centre No 3 in Łódź. 151  Hereinafter referred to as: “NPM” or “Mechanism.” 149 83