Places visited by the National Preventive Mechanism in 2011 – Physical exercise – in the opinion of the NPM the use of this sanction may form inappropriate attitudes of juveniles towards physical exercise, which should be perceived as a way to improve one’s physical condition (refers to Youth Sociotherapy Centre in Ustka, Youth Care Centre in Kraków, Youth Care Centre in Rzepczyno, Youth Care Centre No 2 in Warsaw, Youth Sociotherapy Centre No 7 in Warsaw); – Suspension of the rights of juvenile residents – the National Preventive Mechanism is of the opinion that disciplining cannot take the form of deprivation/suspension of the rights of a juvenile resident. The rights of juveniles do not depend on their behaviour or rehabilitation progress (refers to Youth Sociotherapy Centre in Piaseczno, Youth Care Centre in Kalisz, Youth Sociotherapy Centre in Wilga, Youth Care Centre No 2 in Warsaw, Youth Sociotherapy Centre No 5 in Warsaw). Furthermore, the employees of the NPM who visited youth sociotherapy and care centres often found that their personnel use punishments not provided for in the regulations, such as copying some sentences many times, ban on going outdoors, ban on contacts with the family, ban on using an iron, and collective sanctions. The National Preventive Mechanism stresses that, pursuant to the United Nations Rules for the Protection of Juveniles Deprived of their Liberty158, collective sanctions should be prohibited (Rule 67). No juvenile should be disciplinarily sanctioned except in strict accordance with the terms of the law and regulations in force (Rule 70). The NPM recommends to cease the use of sanctions not provided for in the regulations as well as collective sanctions (Youth Sociotherapy Centre in Piaseczno, Youth Care Centre in Kalisz, Saint Faustina Youth Care Centre in Kraków, Youth Sociotherapy Centre No 7 in Warsaw, Youth Care Centre in Kolonia Szczerbacka, Youth Sociotherapy Centre No 5 in Warsaw, Youth Care Centre in Antoniewo, Youth Sociotherapy Centre in Ustka, Youth Care Centre in Kraków, Youth Care Centre in Julianpol, Youth Sociotherapy Centre No 3 in Łódź, Youth Care Centre in Kamionek Wielki). During individual interviews, juveniles residing in Youth Sociotherapy Centre in Piaseczno and inYouth Care Centre in Julianpol complained about stigmatizing and degrading punishments, such as hair cutting, being forced to wear clothing of a peasant woman, cleaning the grout between tiles with a toothbrush, cleaning while wearing only briefs. In the opinion of the employees of the NPM, such sanctions are degrading and stigmatize the juveniles. They may also lead to a breakdown of juveniles who are not mentally strong. Moreover, sanctions should eliminate undesirable behaviour and not induce additional severity. According to the representatives of the National Preventive Mechanism, the use of such sanctions constitutes degrading treatment and as such is unacceptable. The employees of the abovementioned centres should skilfully take care of juveniles so as to avoid inciting strong conflicts and copying bad standards of behaviour from the communities they come from.  UN General Assembly Resolution 45/113. 158 87