In the other juvenile educational centres, to which the monitoring visits were held, there were no problems caused by staff sick leaves or quarantines so adequate care was ensured to the juveniles. Replacement for staff members on sick leave or quarantine was found easily. Conclusions on the NMPT meeting held at the Education Development Centre in Sulejówek In 2018, the National Mechanism for the Prevention of Torture has been cooperating with the Education Development Centre in Sulejówek where it conducts trainings for employees of juvenile educational centres and youth sociotherapy centres305. One of the training sessions took place on 24 August 2020, in the sanitary regime. Usually, such sessions focused on discussing the problems noticed by the NMPT during its visits to the establishments, particularly in the context of ensuring minimum anti-torture guarantees. This time, a lot of attention was devoted to the operation of the facilities in the time of the coronavirus epidemic. The meeting was attended by employees of establishments from various parts of the country, thanks to which the information and postulated solutions were a valuable source of information for the NMPT. The participants of the meeting emphasized, first of all, that the situation in the centres very much depended on the attitude of the staff, their readiness to work and management skills of the directors. Thanks to their commitment in some institutions, for example, agreements were concluded with local health authorities regarding routine coronavirus tests for newly arrived juveniles. Yet, most of the training participants reported the sanitary authorities refused such routine testing. Many staff members had fears about starting the new school year or the admission of many juveniles at one time, often from different regions of the country. Doubts were also raised about juveniles’ transport to the facility, particularly by means of public transport. It was also emphasized that reliable medical interview on admission to the centre may not always be possible and the infection risks may not always be established. Representatives of some JECs also pointed to the limitations in access to medical care. They emphasized that in the case of some juveniles, particularly those chronically ill, whose health condition should be regularly monitored, there existed problems. In their opinion, the so-called telephone consultations i.e remote consultations were not a good solution in most cases but it was often the only way to consult a doctor. According to the participants of the training, the pandemic particularly strongly impacted the situation of mentally ill juveniles. A psychologist working in one of the JECs reported that due to the disturbing behaviour one of the juveniles he had to be urgently placed in a medical institution. However, there were serious problems with finding an expert to issue a medical opinion, because of the pandemicrelated disorder. As the psychologist pointed out, the only possible way was to use a private consultation. 305 The educational activities are carried out within the State Without Torture campaign. 120