Abbreviations: APT PTDC PIB CPT – Association for the Prevention of Torture, based in Geneva – Pre‑Trial Detention Centre – Public Information Bulletin – European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment CBPS – Central Board of the Prison Service SCC – Social Care Centre ECHR – European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg Frontex – European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union HFHR – Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights IMAP – Independent Medical Advisory Panel to the Council of Europe ISP – individual support plans SS – Sobering-up Station CPP – Act of 6 June 1997 Code of Penal Procedure (Dz. U. No 89, item 555, as amended) EPC – Act of 6 June 1997 Executive Penal Code (Dz. U. No 90, item 557, as amended) NPM – National Preventive Mechanism YSC – Youth Sociotherapy Centre YCC – Youth Care Centre SAC – Supreme Administrative Court NHF – National Health Fund OSCE – Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe OPCAT – Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (Dz. U. of 2007, No 30, item 192) PDR – Police detention rooms for detained persons or persons brought to sober up PECC – Police Emergency Centre for Children JS – Juvenile Shelter SPT – UN Subcommittee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment PS – Prison Service HRD – Human Rights Defender EU – European Union AAPP – Act of 6 September 2001 on access to public information (Dz.U. No 112, item 1198, as amended) APMH – Act of 19 August 1994 on the protection of mental health (Dz. U. of 2011, No 231, item 1375, as amended) APJC – Act of 26 October 1982 on proceedings in juveniles cases (Dz. U. of 2010, No 33, item 178, as amended) UW – University of Warsaw Pr – Prison JDC – Juvenile Detention Centre