5. Social care homes 5.1. Introduction In 2016, the National Mechanism for the Prevention of Torture visited 25 social care homes180 (hereinafter referred to as the “SCHs”, “homes” or “institutions”). 2016 was, at the same time, a year in which it was possible to summarize the NMPT’s 146 visits conducted in social care homes in the period 2009-2016. Thus, the NMPT initiated the drafting of a thematic report to summarize the results of the monitoring visits. The publication entitled Rights of residents of social care homes, issued in 2017, aims to highlight both the irregularities found in individual institutions, and the specific problem areas in which the rights of the residents may be violated. The purpose of the report is not, therefore, limited to presenting the position of the National Mechanism for the Prevention of Torture on the treatment of persons deprived of their liberty in social care homes, but also to stimulate discussion on the issue and increase the sensitivity of personnel of such institutions to potential situations of inn-treatment.181 5.2. Systemic problems The visits carried out by the NMPT in 2016 have shown the continued existence of the systemic problems identified in the previous years, which include: the performance by the homes’ staff members of the role of legal 180 Social care homes in: Włocławek (ul. Żeromskiego 28a), Włocławek Na skarpie, Włocławek (ul. Nowomiejska 19), Kielce (ul. Sobieskiego 30), Kielce Florentyna Malska Home, Wrocław (ul. Rędzińska 60/68), Pruszcz (ul. Łowińska 9), Moryń, Nowy Czarnów, Suwałki - Kalina, Otwock (ul. Marii Konopnickiej 17), Elbląg - Niezapominajka, Górno, the John Paul II Hostel in Otwock, home of Franciscan Sisters of St. Mary’s Family in Augustów (ul. Studzieniczna 2), home of Franciscan Sisters of St. Mary’s Family in Augustów (ul. 3 Maja 37), Gościn, Stanisław Broniewski Orsza home in Warszawa-Wesoła, Pabianice (ul. Wiejska 55/61, branch facility at ul. Łaska 68), Katowice Zacisze, Zabrze – home no. 1, Bobrek, Kętrzyn, Krasnystaw, Warsaw – Na przedwiośniu. 181 The report is also available in an electronic version on the NPM website under the tab Publications on the rights of persons deprived of their liberty. 61