sufficient to work in a sanitary regime but if at least one person had been infected, then they would not
have been sufficient, and that they would not have conditions for proper isolation.
The NMPT noted a similar problem at the JEC in Łańcut. Since the announcement of the
pandemic until the second half of April 2020 it was not possible to buy any personal protection
equipment (face masks, gloves, disinfectant) due to their shortages. Every day, the director contacted
the manager and employees of the voivodeship (i.e. regional) Crisis Management Centre in Rzeszów
about the supply of disinfectants. Unfortunately, all the funds received by that centre from the Material
Reserves Agency were allocated to the covid-assigned hospital in Łańcut. At the turn of April and May
2020, personal protection equipment and disinfectants appeared on the market but their prices were very
high (several times higher than before the pandemic). The juveniles from the centre took part in the
"Masks for Łańcut" campaign, making parts of the masks. As a result, the centre employees and
juveniles later received masks made by the campaign volunteers. In May and June 2020, the schools
operating in the centre received two non-contact disinfectant dispensers, about 60 packages of
disinfectant and 500 masks from the Ministry of Health. In April 2020, the management of the facility
decided to purchase SARS-CoV-2 rapid tests detecting antibodies (300 tests were purchased starting
from March 2020). In August 2020, the facility received one non-contact thermometer from the
Podkarpackie Voivodeship Office in Rzeszów.
The situation improved in June when the facility joined the EU project "Cooperation Leaders"
under the 2014–2020 Knowledge, Education, Development Operational Programme financed by the
European Social Fund. The funds were spent on two ozone generator, disinfecting cloths, face masks,
gloves, disinfectant liquids, thermometers, protective overalls, disposable bedding and contactless liquid
dispensers.
The director of the JEC in Renice emphasized that from the very beginning of the pandemic he
received support from external institutions, and the centre was provided with all the resources necessary
to maintain appropriate sanitary conditions. He appreciated the cooperation with the centre’s governing
authority and the fact that in every situation he could count on help and quick reaction of the Myślibórz
country government.
All directors of the JECs agreed that at the time of the visit the amounts of disinfectants and
other protective measures were sufficient and that there were no problems with their regular purchase.
In all the visited establishments there were dispensers with hand disinfectant. Juveniles did not get the
liquid to be kept in their rooms but they had access to it in many places, including at the entrance to the
centre, in the schools, in the corridors and in the common rooms.
During the pandemic there was no obligation to wear face masks or gloves inside the JEC
buildings for their residents; this applied to both educators and juveniles. Masks had to be put on by the
staff when visiting a juvenile who was in post-arrival isolation or during contacts with people from
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