Report of the Commissioner for Human Rights on the activities of the National Mechanism for the Prevention of Torture in Poland in 2017 ƒƒ inspection of all rooms used by persons deprived of their liberty, ƒƒ individual and group conversations with detainees, ƒƒ conversations with the personnel, ƒƒ analysis of documents and video surveillance footage, ƒƒ formulation of preliminary post-visit recommendations, ƒƒ listening to the establishment managers’ opinions on the presented recommendations. If a person deprived of his/her liberty reports an unlawful event during the visit and expresses the desire to have it investigated, he/she has the opportunity to lodge an official complaint. The complaint is then forwarded to the competent team within the CHR Office. Yet, if the person does not consent to addressing the issue officially, the visiting team shall only use the information for the purposes of analysing the operation of mechanisms intended to protect persons deprived of their liberty from degrading, inhuman treatment or punishment as well as from torture and for the purpose of presenting relevant recommendations. When the visit is completed, a report is drawn up which describes all the findings and conclusions, as well as recommendations for the body managing the visited establishment and for its supervisory authorities. If the establishment’s management does not agree with the recommendations, the NMPT representatives request the supervisory bodies to issue their opinion and position on the matter. Such a dialogue is conducted to indicate the merits of the NMPT’s recommendations whose implementation will strengthen the protection of the rights of persons deprived of their liberty at the visited place. During visits, NMPT’s employees use the following measuring and recording devices: CEM DT-8820 multimeter, Makita LD060P laser rangefinder, digital camera. 13