Report of the CHR on the Activities of the National Preventive Mechanism in Poland their opinion and position on the matter. A dialogue is conducted to indicate the merits of the recommendations made. If torture or inhuman, degrading treatment or punishment is revealed, the visitors file a notification of a suspicion of a crime following the visit. In each case, the victim must, however, consent to having his/her personal data revealed and to referring the case to law enforcement bodies. Only drastic cases justify deviations from the rule. If so, the decision is made personally by the Commissioner for Human Rights who signs the notifications of a suspicion of a crime. If the victim does not consent to report the case to the law enforcement bodies and, in the opinion of the visitors, the possible inappropriate behaviour is not drastic, the visitors treat the information obtained as reports which may point to inappropriate treatment of detainees and request the establishments’ directors to explain the situation and present their conclusions. The situation is different when information about torture, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment is derived from documents or CCTV footage, rather than directly from the victims. In such case, the visitors do not have to request the victim for consent to refer the case to law enforcement bodies and each time file a notification of a suspicion of a crime. 2. Prisons and pre-trial detention centres 2.1 Introduction According to the annual schedule, a total of 20 penitentiary establishments were visited in 2015, including 9 prisons4 and 11 pre-trial detention centres5. Thematic visits to 5 prisons and 7 pre-trial detention centres were made to examine the observance of the rights of persons with disabilities (physical, visual, hearing disability) detained there6. As numerous problems specific to this category of persons deprived of their liberty were identified, the conclusions of thematic visits were discussed in a separate section of this chapter as systemic problems. Prs in: Koronowo, Hrubieszów, Gębarzewo, Przytuły Stare, Nowy Sącz, Włocławek, Wrocław (No 2), Sieraków Śląski, Włodawa. PTDCs in: Grójec, Warsaw-Mokotów, Warsaw-Grochów, Radom, Kraków, Starogard Gdański, Hajnówka, Opole, Szczecin, Nisko, Suwałki. 6 Prs in: Koronowo, Hrubieszów, Gębarzewo, Przytuły Stare, Włocławek; PTDCs in: Grójec, Warsaw-Mokotów, Warsaw-Grochów, Radom, Kraków, Szczecin, Suwałki. 4 5 12