The director of the facility is taking steps to employ a general practitioner, but he has not yet been
successful.
All juveniles deprived of their liberty should have frequent access to a telephone and there should
be a minimum entitlement to be able to call one’s family without having to earn it as a reward.273
The recommendation has been implemented. The juveniles did not report any complaints
regarding access to the telephone. Telephone calls on weekdays are made and answered within the set
hours, and on Sundays and public holidays, they are made and answered without any restrictions.
Additionally, incoming telephone calls to juveniles staying in transit rooms for new arrivals and in
medical isolation rooms are not subject to any restrictions. Juveniles who have the right (as a privilege
or a reward) to use a computer and the internet may contact their family members and relatives via
Skype, which possibility is willingly used by them.
Ensure that all juveniles in correctional facilities, irrespective of their regime, are offered the
possibility of daily outdoor exercise for at least two hours; construct a roof over a part of the
outdoor exercise yard to ensure protection against bad weather conditions.274
The recommendation has been implemented in part. The availability of outdoor activities,
lasting for about 2 hours per day, was confirmed by the juveniles. They pointed out they would like the
activities to be even longer, if there were no objections on the part of the educators and if this did not
disrupt the work of the facility. However, there is still no roofing over the exercise yard to protect it
against bad weather.
Maintain the current number of employees at the facility (staff reductions were planned).275
The recommendation has been implemented. The number of employees was not reduced and
has even slightly increased compared to 2017.
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THE FUNCTIONING OF JUVENILE EDUCATIONAL CENTRES IN THE TIME OF THE CORONAVIRUS
PANDEMIC
Epidemiological situation
There were no COVID-19 infections in any of the centres among the juveniles or staff members.
Nobody was under a quarantine ordered by the Sanitary and Epidemiological Service. Symptoms of
possible infection were not observed in any of the centres.
273
See: Report on the CPT visit to Poland, CPT/Inf (2018)39, paras. 108-109.
274
See: Report on the CPT visit to Poland, CPT/Inf (2018)39, para. 98.
275
See: Report on the CPT visit to Poland, CPT/Inf (2018)39, para. 102.
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