Social Care Centres occasions punished by being confined to bed for the entire week – she could not leave the bed since her wheelchair was taken away from her. Other inappropriate methods of preventing drinking of alcohol included the prohibition of dressing for many days, the ban on participation in parties, the presence of an employee of the centre during the private meetings of the resident with the resident’s friends from outside the social care centre. The representatives of the Mechanism recommended the abandonment of the above practices. In yet another social care centre197, the residents told the visiting team that smokers who do not have money to buy cigarettes were offered cigarettes for cleaning the place. The visiting team recommended eliminating the said practice due to the risk of creating a submission of the resident towards the personnel. In the same centre, the team also challenged the placement (due to the specific nature of the disorder consisting in eating various objects) of a resident in an isolation room, i.e. a room with bars in the windows, furnished only with a divan bed and located at a considerable distance from other residential rooms. According to the representatives of the NPM, the disorder of the resident and the resulting inconvenience for other residents did not justify the separation and placement of the resident in a room of a significantly lower standard. The visiting team recommended that the said resident should be transferred to the ward and put under special care. 3.  Disciplinary procedure During the visits, the representatives of the NPM received alarming information about punishing the residents of the centres, e.g. by banning the residents who do not return at a specific time or who return under the influence from leaving the centre198, prohibiting the residents from leaving the premises199, transfer to another room200, not allowing the residents to receive sweets or coffee201, the obligation of cleaning202, reprimanding203, ignoring while granting awards204, banning the persons abusing the alcohol from participation in special events and ex- Social Care Centre in Choroszcz. Social Care Centre in Grudziądz, Social Care Centre in Racibórz. 199 Social Care Centre in Chorzów, Social Care Centre in Olkusz. 200 Social Care Centre No 1 in Grudziądz, Social Care Centre Pogodna Jesień in Łódź, Social Care Centre in Olkusz. 201 Social Care Centre in Chorzów. 202 Social Care Centre in Chorzów. 203 Social Care Centre No 1 in Grudziądz, Social Care Centre in Koronowo. 204 Social Care Centre in Koronowo. 197 198 85