Report of the Human Rights Defender on the activities of the National Preventive Mechanism in Poland in 2014 4. Access of prisoners to public information After many years of efforts of the HRD to ensure access to public information to prisoners32, convicts serving imprisonment were given the opportunity in 2014 to access public information contained in the Public Information Bulletin33 (hereinafter referred to as the “PIB”). However, it should be noted that the solution adopted in this respect cannot be regarded as satisfactory, as the scope of information made available to prisoners is limited. Currently, convicts have access only to the PIB of the Prison Service, the Ministry of Justice, the Human Rights Defender and websites of the Government Legislation Centre and e-court. The right of persons deprived of their liberty to public information should cover access to all PIB websites or should be ensured in other – specified by statute – way. The HRD is considering filing a request with the Constitutional Court on this matter. 5. Non-adjustment of penitentiary establishments to the needs of persons with disabilities The issue of adjustment of penitentiary establishments to the needs of the disabled remains unresolved systemically34. The Defendant requested the Minister of Justice35 to provide each establishment with at least one residential cell adjusted to the needs of persons with disabilities and to adjust its immediate infrastructure to enable such persons to enjoy their rights as persons deprived of liberty. In his reply of 5 June 2014, the Secretary of State of the MJ stressed that the demand to adjust each establishment to the needs of persons with disabilities should be considered through the prism of the total number of such persons serving imprisonment36. At the same time, he added that 58 penitentiary establishments comprise 91 cells for persons with disabilities, offering space for 270 persons in total. Considering the reply referred to above, it was decided to carry out thematic visits in 2015 in relation to observance of the rights of the disabled at penitentiary establishments. Cf. Report of the HRD on the activities of the NPM in 2012 [hereinafter referred to as the “Report of 2012”], pp. 33-34, Report of the HRD on the activities of the NPM in 2013 [hereinafter referred to as the “Report of 2013”], pp. 42-43. 33 The Public Information Bulletin is an official ICT gazette created to provide the public with access to public information, in the form of a unified website system in the ICT network (cf. Article 8(1) of the Act of 6 September 2001 on access to public information). 34 Cf. Report of 2013, pp. 43-46. 35 https://www.rpo.gov.pl/pl/content/wyst%C4%85pienie-generalne-z-dnia-14052014-r-doministra-sprawiedliwo%C5%9Bci-w-sprawie-dostosowania 36 In accordance with the reply, there were 59 persons in wheelchairs. 32 20