Report of the HRD on the activities of the National Preventive Mechanism in Poland in 2011 rules of operation of public establishments, on living conditions of children and juveniles in these establishments, and on the amount and rules of payment by parents167. A heavy snowfall or a storm could be regarded as conditions preventing outdoor activities. On the other hand, low temperature, even though it may not encourage exercises outdoor, is not a reason to deprive juveniles of any form of outdoor physical activity, such as a walk, should they express their interest in taking one. This right also cannot be restricted as a part of disciplinary measures. Moreover, the Mechanism recommended adding to the catalogue of rights of juveniles listed in each establishment’s Statutes and Regulations, the right to daily outdoor exercise (YSC in Ustka, YSC in Piaseczno, YSC No 7 in Warsaw, YCC in Kalisz, YCC No 2 in Warsaw). Directors of the establishments listed above informed the NPM that juveniles were given opportunity to stay outdoors, and actions were taken to make free time more entertaining for the juveniles and extend the offer of outdoor activities. The National Preventive Mechanism recommended to: • Ensure that all juveniles can regularly exercise for at least two hours a day, of which one hour in the open air; the right to exercise should depend neither on a juveniles’ classification to a motivational group, nor on the length of their stay in a given establishment, nor should be restricted as a part of disciplinary measure; • Add to the catalogue of rights of juveniles listed in each establishment’s Statutes and Regulations, the right to daily outdoor exercise; • expand the catalogue of additional free time activities for residents. g) Right to education In all of the visited establishments the right of juveniles to education was respected. Within the establishments, there were properly equipped schools and qualified staff. In the afternoon juveniles could participate in remedial programmes and could get assistance from their tutors in their homework. The work of by teachers and tutors was positively evaluated by the majority of residents in the visited establishments. h) Right to religious practices In the majority of the visited establishments the right to religious practices was respected. However, it should be noted that in 5 establishments the visiting team discovered that it was obligatory to participate in religious practices (YCC in Kalisz, Saint Faustine YCC in Cracow, YCC in Rzepczyn, YSC in Piaseczno, and YSC in Ustka). In certain establishments, on the other hand, some of juveniles interviewed by the representatives of the Mechanism reported that they were not allowed to participate in a Sunday mass or that they did not  Dz. U. of 2011, No 109, item 631. 167 96