Report of the Human Rights Defender on the activities of the National Preventive Mechanism in Poland in 2013 using stickers of the type VOID, which putting on lens the mobile phone is making impossible carrying the photograph or the film out, as one of methods letting for safe using phones equipped with this function. As a result any attempt to tear the sticker can be easily revealed by the staff, making periodic inspections of the state of applied securities. A lack of appropriate conditions aroused stipulations of representatives of the Mechanism for the accomplishment of the visit of patient by the family, including children, in one of hospitals, in the visit was held in a so-called lock in – the passage between the court-psychiatric branch and remaining branches of the hospital272. Moreover at this institution situations happened, when during the visit also new patients were taken to the lock, in handcuffs and under the convoy of police officers. The problem with the visit of children was also noticed in case of other institutions, in which there was ban on entry for children up to years 14, both on account of the lack of the appropriate place, like from anxiety about the condition of minors273. In some visited institutions, especially with higher than basic security level, creating conditions enabling the access to the fresh air for patients was a problem. Many times the duration of walks was made conditional on the number of people willing and from weather conditions274. 7.3.7. Right to participate in cultural and educational activities It should be noticed, that at hospitals visited in 2013, patients spent time mainly on branches, similarly to situations at institutions visited in 2012. In the most of visited institutions, the only activities which weren’t an element of therapy (treatments) was the watching television, listening to the music or radio broadcasts and reading the book/press. Numerous hospitals did not have appropriate facilities to organise larger cultural events, and even if they did (e.g. big enough rooms), they were located outside the wards for patients, thus they could not take part in the events. In this scope two institutions275 are a positive example of the better organisation of the functioning, during the visit of inspection at these hospitals patients had a very rich offer ensured of therapy classes, cultural, educational and sports activities. For them various undertakings were organised, e.g. world day of the mental health, St Andrew’s Eve party, nativity meeting, valentines day, day of wom Hospital in Lublin. Hospital in: Międzyrzecze, Lubliniec. 274 Hospital in Lublin. 275 Hospital in: Międzyrzecze, Ciborz. 272 273 78