children. (Dz.U., No 10 item 104 as amended.)
4(1) A juvenile during their stay in Police emergency centre obtains: food and beverages
during all day, clean bed linen and personal underwear, pyjamas, a tracksuit and shoes,
and cleansing means necessary for personal hygiene.
§ 5(2). (5) A juvenile during their stay in the police establishment for children should have
an access to a shower every day.
National Preventive Mechanism stated that the material conditions in Police
Emergency Centres for Children in Gdańsk and Rzeszów are acceptable. In other
facilities, the visitors had numerous reservations concerning: humidity, mould and dirt
on the walls and plaster which was coming of. In the Police Emergency Centre in
Legnica bad technical condition resulted in closing of one of the bedrooms (4-people),
because of heavy mould and a collapsing ceiling. In response to the indication of
irregularities, the Voivodeship Police Commander in Wroclaw, responsible for the
facility, informed that the building renovation was stopped because of the necessity to
change the seat of the Police Emergency Centre for Children in Legnica. The present
location was to be changed in the end of the year 2010.
In the Police Emergency Centre in Bielsko- Biała, bedrooms for juvenile were
empty. If needed, mattresses, blankets and pillows were used. The condition of
mattresses raised doubts of the visitors. Some of them very damaged and devoid of
cotton cover. In the same establishment, juveniles had their meals in a standing
position as the dining room was equipped with tall, bar tables, with no chairs.
According to National Preventive Mechanism, rooms for juvenile in police
emergency centres for children should be equipped with beds in order to allow
for proper night rest. What is more, the aesthetics and equipment of all other
rooms used by juveniles may constitute a source of additional stress. For that
reason, proper conditions for everyday activities should be provided to them.
The Police City Commander in Bielsko-Biała answered that the renovation and
improvement of aesthetics of the building depends on the transfer of relevant funds.
Moreover, he informed that in order to improve living conditions, 4 bedrooms were
equipped with beds and the bar table in the canteen was replaced with a table with
chairs.
As a result of bad living conditions stated in some centres during inspection of
the National Preventive Mechanism, the Human Rights Defender in 2010 for the
second time demanded the Minister of the Interior and Administration for legislative
initiative to amend art. 83 § 3of the Act on j.d.p. so as to stipulate living conditions
requirements for police emergency centres for children. The Minister of the Interior
and Administration replied that pursuant to Article 83 of the Act on j.d.p., police
emergency centres for children are subject to a relevant minister of the interior, who
sets up and liquidates police emergency centres. The said Act does not give clear
grounds for the Minister of the Interior and Administration to issue a regulation on
required conditions in police emergency centres for children. Bearing in mind that
there is a need to regulate the question precisely, Ministry of the Interior and
Administration, in a draft Act amending the Act on the Police and other acts, proposed
to include a delegation for a relevant minister of the interior to determine requirements
for the rooms in police emergency centres for children in form of a regulation-by
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