Report of the Polish Commissioner for Human Rights on the Activities of the National Mechanism for the Prevention ...
tended time of PDRs’ adjustment to the needs of the said group of persons, the
initiated process is consistently continued174.
The analysis of data provided by the Police on the subject shows that in
2016, on the national scale there were 13 units considered as partially adjusted to the needs of persons with physical disabilities (sanitary facilities, toilets, rooms for detained persons)175. 8 units were planned to be adjusted176,
of which 2 by very distant dates (by 2020177); for 5 other units the deadlines
for the adjustment hand not been indicated at all178. According to the provided information, the PDR of the District Police Headquarters in Poddębice
is to be adjusted by December 2017.
The progress of work on further adjustment of the PDRs to the needs of
persons with disabilities will continue to be monitored by the NMPT.
4.3. Strengths and good practices
A valuable initiative, identified by the visiting staff and worth duplication
in all police units, is a separate room for conducting medical examinations
in a PDR. This allows to respect detainees’ right to privacy and medical information secrecy179.
Reply of the Commander-in-Chief of the Police of 9.11.2016, ref. no. EK-4336/16.
Municipal Police Headquarters (MPH) in Bydgoszcz, Kartuzy and Katowice; District Police Headquarters (DPH) in Skarżysko-Kamienna, Voivodeship Police Headquarters (VPH) in Kraków, MPH in
Nowy Sącz, DPH in Ryki, Ełk and Gniezno; MPH in Płock and Rzeszów; DPH in Gryfino, and the police
station Wrocław Krzyki.
176
MPH in Białystok, Grudziądz and Brodnica; DPH in Międzyrzecz and Poddębice; MPH in Opole,
DPH in Krapkowice, and the police station Warsaw VI.
177
MPH in Opole and Krapkowice.
178
MPH in Białystok and DPH Kartuzy.
179
PDR in Płońsk.
174
175
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