Part I • M  eetings with lawyers, organised for groups of juveniles. The educational meetings also provide the possibility to have legal questions explained102. • Work of a separate self-empowerment group comprised of best behaving juveniles They get prepared for leaving the establishment with discreet support from the staff103. • The role of angel in the establishment. The angel is a  juvenile resident who has stayed in the establishment for a long time already, and whose task is to introduce it to newcomers and to help them in the initial period of stay. The angel plays a supportive role on voluntary basis104. In October 2017, a three-month preventive programme named My journey, financed by the National Bureau for Counteracting Drug Addiction, is planned to start. The programme will provide training in social and interpersonal skills and methods of spending free time in a constructive way. The topics to be covered include: integration, stress management, communication, assertiveness, decision-making and self-esteem building. The personal development workshops will be accompanied by hip-hop music workshops whose participants will compose and record their own hip-hop song. The programme will be conducted by the Personal Development Laboratory from Opole105. The NMPT is encouraging directors of other YCCs to implement similar initiatives. 104 105 102 103 YCC in Różanystok. YCC in Różanystok. YCC in Augustów. YCC in Leśnica. 41

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