Report of the Polish Commissioner for Human Rights on the Activities of the National Mechanism for the Prevention ... his wife requested psychological consultation, and the next day they provided the psychologist their medical documentation in German. Next, an EKG and psychological diagnosis were performed in the presence of a Russian-language translator. During the second week of their stay a psychiatric consultation was held, during which the psychiatrist noted the patient’s account of having been tortured, his suicidal tendencies after the traumas he had suffered and the fact he slept in his clothes (as he feared being arrested in the middle of the night again). The family was released from the CDC three weeks after having been placed in it. According to the National Mechanism for the Prevention of Torture, the placement of the alien and his wife (who had also been hospitalized in a  German psychiatric clinic with a  diagnosis of severe reaction to stress) in a  closed centre and holding them there for 3 weeks was inappropriate considering their health and circumstances (victims of violence) and caused further re-traumatisation. Preliminary analysis indicates that the improper detention occurred due to numerous procedural shortcomings during the transfer of the family to Poland by German police as well as the lack of appropriate operational algorithms that should have been implemented in order to promptly identify victims of torture and violence as well as persons whose mental and physical condition rule out their placement in detention. Another irregularity discovered by the NMPT concerned a single woman with three children (5, 8 and 9 years old) who recounted that she and one of her children had suffered torture and violence. An expert of the NMPT held a one-on-one conversation with the woman, during which she noticed possible symptoms of progressing PTSD. During the conversation, the expert learned that the woman had been a victim of torture and violence, and one of her children had been shot in the feet during a militia raid on their house in their country of origin. The expert also examined the boy, who was withdrawn, cautious and had irregular scars on his legs. Analysis of medical documents revealed that until the day the NMPT intervened, the facility’s staff had not noticed the grounds for not holding the woman and her children in detention. The day after the NMPT intervened with the commandant of the CDC, the woman and her children were released from the Centre. The next case concerned another couple from Chechnia (the woman was in the second trimester of a pregnancy) who were held in detention together with three young children (2, 3 and 5 years old). The man informed inspectors that he felt excessively excited and was prone to overreact, which he had observed in himself ever since he had been tortured in his country of origin. An expert of the NMPT, concerned about the man’s inability to control his anger, 84