Protection against ill-treatment  »  Table of Contents    »»»› Table of Contents Summary by the public defender of rights 5 Basic overview  6 1. Prisons and preventive detention  8 2. Foreign nationals restricted in freedom  12 3. Police detention  16 4. Hospitals for long-term patients  17 5. Psychiatric hospitals  18 6. Social services facilities  20 7. Facilities for children  21 8. Long-standing issues in effective prevention of ill-treatment  22 9. Other activities to prevent ill-treatment  28 ANNEX 1: Mission of the public defender of rights  31 ANNEX 2: Basic information on the national preventive mechanism  32 5