Abbreviations APT PTDT OHRD CPT – Association for the Prevention of Torture – pre-trial detention centre – Office of the Human Rights Defender – European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment WC – Welfare Centre ECHR – European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg IGPDP – Inspector General for Personal Data Protection IMAP – Independent Medical Advisory Panel to the Council of Europe SS – Sobering Station DCMP – Detention Centre of Military Police GPH – General Police Headquarters NPM – National Preventive Mechanism EPC – Executive Penal Code (Dz. U. of 1997, No 90, item 557, as amended) YSC – Youth Sociotherapy Centre YCC – Youth Care Centre MoJ – Ministry of Justice MoIA – Ministry of the Interior and Administration (now Ministry of Interior) DPSI – District Prison Service Inspectorate OPCAT – Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment PDR – Police detention rooms for detained persons or persons brought to sober up PECC – Police Emergency Centre for Children JC – Juvenile Shelter SPT – UN Subcommittee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment HRD – Human Rights Defender APJC – Act of 26 October 1982 on proceedings in juveniles cases (Dz. U. of 2010, No 33, item 178) Pr – Prison JDC – Juvenile Detention Centre