Due to the liquidation of entertainment rooms and transforming them into cells, a significant problem of a limited cultural offer in penitentiary establishments has appeared. The situation was the worst in the Pre-Trial Detention Centre in Wrocław. The persons conducting the visit noticed that since the previous visit in November 2008, where one of post-visit recommendations urged to intensify cultural activities, not only had the situation not improved, but it deteriorated further. All interviewed prisoners considered the situation in this regard very bad (only two entertainment rooms were functioning during the visit). As concerns the cultural offer in other establishments, half of interviewees saw the situation as bad (PDC WarszawaGrochów, PDC in Koszalin, PDC in Wejherowo). Among critical remarks, many prisoners indicated the lack of sports activities, a repeated lack of a ball to play, lack of estertainment rooms and low frequency of organized activities. Five entertainment rooms were at the prisoners’ disposal in this establishment. The National Preventive Mechanism recommended an intensification of cultural activities organized in visited establishments and offering the prisoners sports activities outside daily walking hours. 10. Right to religious practices European Prison Rules [Recommendation Rec(2006)2 of the Committee of Ministers to member states on the European Prison Rules] Rule 29.1 Prisoners’ freedom of thought, conscience and religion shall be respected. Rule 29.2 The prison regime shall be organised so far as is practicable to allow prisoners to practise their religion and follow their beliefs, to attend services or meetings led by approved representatives of such religion or beliefs, to receive visits in private from such representatives of their religion or beliefs and to have in their possession books or literature relating to their religion or beliefs. Rule 29.3 Prisoners may not be compelled to practise a religion or belief, to attend religious services or meetings, to take part in religious practices or to accept a visit from a representative of any religion or belief. Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners [New York 1984] Rule 41 (1) If the institution contains a sufficient number of prisoners of the same religion, a qualified representative of that religion shall be appointed or approved. If the number of prisoners justifies it and conditions permit, the arrangement should be on a full-time basis. (2) A qualified representative appointed or approved under paragraph (1) shall be allowed to hold regular services and to pay pastoral visits in private to prisoners of his religion at proper times. (3) Access to a qualified representative of any religion shall not be refused to any prisoner. On the other hand, if any prisoner should object to a visit of any religious representative, his attitude shall be fully respected. Rule 42 So far as practicable, every prisoner shall be allowed to satisfy the needs of his religious life by attending the services provided in the institution and having in his possession the books of religious observance and instruction of his denomination. Rule 78 Recreational and cultural activities shall be provided in all institutions for the benefit of the mental and physical health of prisoners. Executive Penal Code (Dz.U. of 1997, No 90, item 557, as amended) Article 106. (1) A convict has the right to religious practices and use religious services and to take direct part in services celebrated in a prison on holidays and listen to religious