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