The NMPT also requested non-governmental organizations47 to forward to the Mechanism the information available to them on the epidemic-related situation at places where people are deprived of their liberty. A similar request, regarding the provision of information on the situation in social care homes and 24-hour care facilities with regard to the coronavirus epidemic was sent to the directors of social policy departments of all voivodeship (i.e. regional) administration offices. The NMPT collected and published, on the rpo.gov.pl website, the information on the group quarantine facilities operating in Poland. Also, it published Polish versions of important international documents on the situation of people deprived of their liberty during the coronavirus pandemic, drawn up by the UN Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture (SPT)48, the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT)49 and the World Health Organization (WHO)50. A group of NMPT employees monitored, on daily basis, media reports on the situation in places of detention. The group keeps the NMPT Team informed about the places where new coronavirus infections have been detected, and the numbers of infections, of people quarantined, and of people waiting for the test results. Thanks to such daily reports the NMPT Director requests the authorities responsible for operating specific facilities, and their supervisory institutions, to provide detailed information on the situation in the facilities and the assistance provided by heads of regional and local administration as well as the National Health Fund. The Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights; the Association for Legal Interventions; the Halina Nieć Legal Aid Centre in Kraków, and the Institute for the Rule of Law in Lublin. 47 48 Advice of the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture to States Parties and National Preventive Mechanisms relating to the Coronavirus pandemic. 49 Statement of principles relating to the treatment of persons deprived of their liberty in the context of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic. 50 Preparedness, prevention and control of COVID-19 in prisons and other places of detention (2020). 37