Report of the Human Rights Defender on the activities of the National Preventive Mechanism in Poland in 2013
sure, as well as activity in bedrooms – reading newspapers and books. In two establishments a framework day agenda was developed.166
It should be emphasised that according to CPT recommendations provided
in a report for the Polish government following its visit to Poland in 2004 [(CPT
(2005)3], the CPT stated that in Police emergency centres for children steps should
be taken to offer constructive activities to detained children, with particular emphasis on education (paragraph 44).
3C.3.7. Living conditions
The standard of living conditions in the visited establishments was similar.
In two of the visited establishments the visitors described the design and furnishings of bedrooms for juveniles as austere, meeting minimum requirements only.167
Rooms were not equipped, for example, with cabinets for personal belongings of
juveniles, which is a non-obligatory requirement laid down in § 35(2) of the Ordinance of the Minister of the Interior of 4 June 2012.
4. Rooms for detained persons (PDRs)
4.1. Introduction
In 2013, the representatives of the National Preventive Mechanism visited
31 Police detention rooms for detained persons or persons brought to sober up
within Police organisational units.168
4.2. Systemic problems
4.2.1. Delegating the responsibility for care of intoxicated persons to the Police
The problem highlighted in the Report for 2012 of delegating the responsibility for care of intoxicated persons to the Police remains topical. In the absence of
the obligation to employ medical personnel in PDRs, these establishments are
not adequately prepared to care for intoxicated persons. In the absence of an
adequate response to the conclusions of the aforementioned Report, the Hu Police Emergency Centres for Children in: Krakow, Będzin.
Police Emergency Centres for Children in: Krakow, Będzin.
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PDRs in: Nowa Sól, Biłgoraj, Chełmno, Golub-Dobrzyń, Kolbuszowa, Kościan, Krapkowice, Lubliniec,
Maków Mazowiecki, Morąg, Piła, Ryki, Wałcz, Ząbkowice Śląskie, Słupsk, Lidzbark Warmiński, Polanica Zdrój, Węgorzewo, Oborniki Śląskie (Room closed), Puck, Mielec (Room in modernisation), Dębica,
Strzelin, Sieradz, Miastko, Bytów, Białogard, Gryfino, Łobez, Biała Podlaska, Wołomin, Garwolin.
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