Report of the Human Rights Defender on the activities of the National Preventive Mechanism in Poland in 2014 legislative amendments and organisational changes to enable a juvenile mother to take care of her child in a facility in which she resides. In June 2014, a representative of the NPM took part in the conference, entitled “Deprivation of Liberty is not Deprivation of Rights”, which was organised by: the Human Rights Commission of the Polish Bar Council and the Regional Bar Council in Bydgoszcz. The representative presented information on respecting the rights of persons deprived of their liberty. In September 2014, during the seminar, entitled “Deinstitutionalisation – An Opportunity and New Challenges in Providing Services for Dependent Persons by Social Care Centres”, the representatives of the NPM presented the findings of preventive visits made to social care centres, with special emphasis on such issues as: leaving SCCs by residents on their own, using CCTV surveillance or the scope of intervention of directors and personnel of facilities in different spheres of a resident’s life11. In October 2014, two meetings were held between the representatives of the National Preventive Mechanism and police officers. The first one was attended by a wider group of stakeholders, involving police officers from units subordinated to the Voivodeship Police Headquarters in Łódź. The meeting was held to familiarise the officers with the methodology of work of the NPM and recommendations issued as a result of preventive visits to police detention places. The issues discussed included the practical implementation of the NPM’s recommendations and difficulties in this respect. The second meeting, i.e. with the representatives of the Chief Police Headquarters, was intended for establishing a common position on, among others, necessary legislative amendments regarding such issues as: searching detained persons, conducting medical examination at PDRs, taking underwear from detained women or exercising the right to defence by detained persons. On 3 October 2014, a representative of the NPM attended the international conference, entitled “Social Sciences for Internal Security”, presenting a paper on the activities of the NPM and major irregularities detected in Police rooms for detained persons. However, on 9 October 2014, a representative of the NPM met with directors of social care centres in the Zachodniopomorskie Voivodeship. During the meeting, the representative discussed issues related to visits made to these establishments. In November 2014, the representatives of the NPM took part in four events. The first one was a meeting with representatives of trade unions of employees of 11 https://www.rpo.gov.pl/pl/content/przedstawiciele-krajowego-mechanizmu-prewencji-just yna-j%C3%B3%C5%BAwiak-i-przemys%C5%82aw-kazimirski 12