outside the centre (e.g. a postman or a juvenile’s parents). The juveniles, in turn, were required to put on masks when going outside the facility, e.g. to see a doctor. Contact with the outside world As a rule, none of the juveniles interviewed by the representatives of the NMPT (regardless of the facility) complained about the impossibility to maintain contact with their families or close ones. At all the facilities visited by the NMPT representatives, in order to minimize the possibility of the juveniles becoming infected with the coronavirus, leaves and passes to go outside the facilities were suspended in mid-March 2020. Later, as in the JEC in Czaplinek, leaves were granted to the juveniles whose legal guardians, pursuant to the consent of the family court, wished the juveniles to return home for the time of the pandemic. Remote teaching principles were developed for the girls and information on the prevention of infections was provided. Since Easter, at two other JECs300 juveniles could also be granted leave. The JEC in Mszana Dolna resumed the organization of excursions and trips in May. At JEC no. 3 in Łódź and the JEC in Mrowiny the juveniles were granted leave for Easter. As regards visits by the relatives, as a rule, they were suspended (with the exception of two centres301). In Mrowiny, visits were usually held outdoors, those who were meeting had to wear masks, some distance had to be kept and hugging was forbidden. Meetings with the relatives were also held "through the window" - the juvenile was in the room on the ground floor, the window was opened, the visitor was outside the building. The same system was also used in the JEC in Czaplinek. When the restrictions were gradually loosened, "distance-keeping" visits were introduced. During such visits, the juvenile was in the building (usually a bedroom on the ground floor or first floor), and the visitor was in the garden and was speaking to the juvenile through the window. The NMPT appreciates the fact that the JECs ensured the possibility of such contacts between the juveniles and their relatives. At the same time, it draws attention to the confidentiality aspect of such visits. It is important that the juveniles do not feel uneasy about anyone listening to their during conversations with the visitors. To ensure the confidentiality during such conversations is also important from the point of view of the prevention of ill-treatment - a conversation with relatives may be the only opportunity to report negative situations that may potentially be taking place in the centre. At the juvenile educational centre in Czaplinek, the juveniles could also contact their close ones by the centre’s telephones. The rules were changed as compared to those from before the pandemic when phone calls could only be made from Fridays to Sundays, and their duration could not exceed 10 300 JEC in Renice and JEC in Łobżenica. 301 JEC in Czaplinek and JEC in Mrowiny. 115