As a rule, newly arriving prisoners in every establishment have their body temperature measured and a medical interview is conducted on their arrival to the establishment201. They also undergo a twoweek quarantine, after which they transferred to multi-person cells. People quarantined in remand prisons are required to wear disposable masks when moving in the common areas or going for walks. They are also required to collect their meals wearing disposable masks. Groups going for a walk may consist only of newly arrived persons who are undergoing quarantine. Epidemic-related situation in penitentiary establishments Due to the precautions that are described in more detail below, the number of infections in penitentiary establishments was very low, as compared to the numbers in the society as such. In the vast majority of the visited establishments, there had been no cases of infections among prisoners or officers by the end of the monitoring interviews conducted by the representatives of the NMPT202. As in the whole country, tests for the presence of the coronavirus were performed mainly in cases of the existing symptoms of the SARS-CoV-2 infection203 and in cases of admission to hospital for reasons unrelated to coronavirus infection204. In the prison in Sztum, at the end of April, in connection with the occurrence of the symptoms one of the inmates was tested for COVID-19 at the city hospital in Sztum. The County Sanitary and Epidemiological Service in Malbork was notified immediately. It recommended that a list of people who had both direct and indirect contact with the inmate suspected of the infection be drawn up. 20 officers were in home isolation for a period of about 2-3 days until a second negative COVID-19 test result was obtained by them. At the same time, the fellow inmates of the one suspected of the infection were transferred to the infirmary205. In the prison in Głogów, two cases of the coronavirus infection were detected among the inmates. The first of the inmates, diagnosed with the coronavirus, was hospitalized at the time when the infection occurred. In the second case, after finding the COVID-19 infection, six fellow inmates living 201 Prisoners held in the prison hospital wards of the prison in Czarne have their body temperature checked twice a day (see the NMPT Report on the visit to the prison in Czarne, KMP.571.21.2020). See: Reports on the NMPT visits to the remand prisons in Międzyrzecz (KMP.571.16.2020), Kraków (KMP.571.9.2020) and Białystok (KMP.571.17.2020), and the prisons in Krzywaniec (KMP.571.13. 2020), Chełm (KMP.571.14.2020), Rzeszów (KMP.571.15.2020), Nysa (KMP.571.19.2020), Czarne (KMP.571.21.2020), Barczewo (KMP.571.22.2020), Bydgoszcz-Fordon (KMP.571.24.2020), Czerwony Bór (KMP.571.25.2020), and Łupków (KMP.571.26.2020). 202 203 See: Report on the NMPT visit to the remand prison in Wrocław (KMP.571/11/2020). In prison no. 1 in Grudziądz, one person was tested due to the planned hospitalization in a hospital outside the prison. See: Report on the NMPT visit to prison no. 1 in Grudziądz (KMP. 571/12/2020). See also: Report on the NMPT visit to the prison in Jastrzębie-Zdrój (KMP.571.20.2020). 204 205 See: Report on the NMPT visit to the prison in Sztum (KMP. 571.10.2020). 81