Report of the Commissioner for Human Rights on the activities of the National Mechanism for the Prevention of Torture in Poland in 2017 Good practices to share During their visits, the NMPT representatives identified numerous positive initiatives increasing the security of juveniles and building the positive culture of non-acceptance of torture and other degrading and inhuman treatment. Good practices observed in the Youth Care Centre in Mszana Dolna include: ƒƒ ensuring staff supervision (individual and group supervision), ƒƒ broad range of extracurricular activities adapted to the needs and interests of residents extensive offer of sporting activities, ƒƒ cooperation with the Sursum Corda foundation and the Przemiana Serc [Change at Heart] foundation which, e.g., supports juveniles who have no adequate living conditions upon leaving the establishment. Also actions taken by the Youth Care Centre No.3 in Warsaw should be appreciated: ƒƒ resident boys can benefit from addiction treatment - the establishment employs an addiction therapist, ƒƒ the establishment has extensive green areas with new infrastructure for sporting activities and recreation, ƒƒ there are comprehensive, thematic projects aimed at, among others, making children appreciate art or familiarizing them with the principles of running administrative errands, ƒƒ the facility established cooperation with the Practical Training Centre in Warsaw, thanks to which residents can complete their basic education, ƒƒ it cooperates, on a volunteering basis, with the religious house of the Congregation of the Missionaries of Charity, ƒƒ 244 scouting troop of the Unbeaten Track Scouting Group (Namiestnictwo Drużyn Nieprzetartego Szlaku) operates at the centre, ƒƒ there is a Youth Council in place in the centre which cooperates with the director, heads of education groups and the Council’s supervisor. 39