Report of the Human Rights Defender on the activities of the National Preventive Mechanism in Poland in 2014 Belgrade19, Vienna20, Bristol, Lviv21 by ombudsmen of individual states, the Council of Europe or the OSCE which were devoted to issues of prevention of torture as well as organisation and operation of national preventive mechanisms in different states. The representatives of the NPM informed of the Polish NPM’s activities, while exchanging knowledge and experience with representatives of other preventive mechanisms or international organisations. 5. Thematic report In last year, the activities of the representatives of the National Preventive Mechanism were not limited only to conducting visits to places of detention. In 2014, a report was drawn up on the situation of remand prisoners and persons placed in therapeutic wards for convicts with non-psychotic mental disorders22. Its conclusions and observations summarise thematic visits to penitentiary establishments in 2012-2013. With regard to the situation of the remand prisoners, the representatives of the National Preventive Mechanism drew attention to, among others, issues related to providing inmates of this category with the possibility to call their defence attorneys or attorneys, the possibility of prompt notification of their closest family and friends of being placed in a given penitentiary establishment, the need to increase the number of cultural and educational activities offered for the remand prisoners, facilitate access to religious services and employment. In turn, findings made during thematic visits to wards for convicts with non-psychotic mental disorders allowed for presenting the following problem areas in the report, e.g.: organisation of therapeutic wards, categories of inmates sent to the wards, conducting therapeutic activities, the wards’ personnel and living conditions of inmates. https://www.rpo.gov.pl/pl/content/przedstawicielka-zespo%C5%82u-krajowy-mechanizm-prewencji-dr-aleksandra-iwanowska-wzi%C4%99%C5%82-udzia%C5%82-w 20 https://www.rpo.gov.pl/pl/content/dyrektor-zespo%C5%82u-krajowy-mechanizm-prewencji-justyna-r%C3%B3%C5%BCa-lewandowska-wzi%C4%99%C5%82-udzia%C5%82-w-0 21   https://www.rpo.gov.pl/pl/content/przedstawiciel-zespo%C5%82u-krajowy-mechanizm-pr ewencji-marcin-kusy-uczestniczy%C5%82-w-pi%C4%85tej 22 https://www.rpo.gov.pl/sites/default/files/Raport_z_wizytacji_KMP_0.pdf 19 14