Report of the Human Rights Defender on the activities of the National Preventive Mechanism in Poland in 2013 psychological, pedagogical and legal preparation for work with difficult young people at the Alcide De Gasperi University of Euroregional Economy in Józefów. Volunteer consultant at the Hotline for People in Emotional Crisis at the Institute of the Psychology of Health. Since 2011, she has been an employee of the National Preventive Mechanism in the Office of the Human Rights Defender. Marcin Mazur – deputy Director of the National Preventive Mechanism Department in the Office of the Human Rights Defender. A lawyer, graduate of the Catholic University of Lublin. In 2011 he passed his solicitor’s exam and was accepted as a member of the Circuit Chamber of Legal Counsel in Warsaw. From 2003 to 2008, he pursued PhD studies at the Faculty of Law, Canon Law and Administration in the area of legal science – penal law at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin. In 2014, he was admitted into a  PhD programme with a thesis entitled Penalisation of money laundering written under the supervision of A. Zoll at the School of Law and Public Administration in Rzeszów. In 2005 and 2006 he completed his postgraduate studies in the area of pedagogical preparation. Since 2004, he has been working in the Office of the Human Rights Defender – initially at the Executive Criminal Law Department, later, in the National Preventive Mechanism Department. Author of several articles on penal law. Wojciech Sadownik – a  lawyer, graduate of the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin. He worked, inter alia, at the Ministry of Science and Higher Education. Since 2010, he has been an employee of the National Preventive Mechanism in the Office of the Human Rights Defender. Maria Sobocińska-Szeluga – physician specialising in occupational medicine. In 2004–2014 she has worked at the Office of the Human Rights Defender as the clinic director. Between 1 October 2012 and 31 March 2013, she participated in visits to places of detention as part of the National Preventive Mechanism. Estera Tarnowska – a  lawyer, psychologist, graduate of the University of Gdańsk. In 2011, she completed her solicitor’s apprenticeship in Gdańsk. Employed in the Office of the Human Rights Defender since 2007. Since 2008, she has participated in the visits of the National Preventive Mechanism within the jurisdiction of the Field Plenipotentiary of the Human Rights Defender in Gdańsk. Joanna Klara Żuchowska – a  doctor of medical sciences, second degree specialist in internal medicine. Practicing physician between 1961 and 2011. Coauthor of the book entitled Myocardial Infarction and 12 papers published in specialist Polish and foreign journals. Graduate of the School of Human Rights at the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights. Co-author of the publication Prawa człowieka w szpitalach psychiatrycznych i domach opieki społecznej [Human Rights in Psychiatric Hospitals and Nursing Homes] (Reports, Evaluations, Opinions of 83