Report of the Commissioner for Human Rights on the activities of the National Mechanism for the Prevention of Torture in Poland in 2017 Sobering-up stations Introduction 3 visits in 2017 In 2017 the National Mechanism for the Prevention of Torture conducted inspections of three sobering-up stations: the Warsaw Centre for Alcohol-Intoxicated Persons124, the Centre for Alcohol-Intoxicated Persons in Olsztyn125 and the Centre for Alcohol-Intoxicated Persons in Tarnów126. Good practices to share In the Warsaw Centre for Alcohol-Intoxicated Persons as well as in the Centre in Olsztyn the video material showing each instance of using direct coercion measure is analysed by a designated employee who is responsible for drawing up a report from the intervention. Later, that report is handed to the director of the establishment. The NMPT: Such a solution allows the director to exercise constant and systematic supervision over the use of direct coercion measures. Therefore, he can promptly react in case of any established irregularity. 124 KMP.574.9.2017 125 KMP.574.12.2017 126 BPK.574.2.2017 74