Pa r t i I . Due to poor living conditions, the visitors recommended to carry out repairs, especially of rooms and sanitary facilities, in three establishments76. Moreover, certain centres were advised to change worn-out furniture in rooms of charges and provide necessary additional equipment77. Despite the fact that NPM reports repeatedly raised the issue of installing monitoring in, among others, bedrooms of juveniles and sanitary facilities, the situation has not changed. Each time78, the visitors recognised this practice as deeply interfering with the right to privacy and unacceptable as well as unregulated in any generally applicable provisions. There were also allegations of barring of windows79 which, in the case of care establishments, should not occur and conditions in bathrooms which do not provide intimacy due to lack of or transparent curtains between showers80. 8a. Situation of persons with disabilities Only one81 of the establishments visited was partly adjusted to the needs of persons with physical disabilities. Lack of suitably adjusted sanitary facilities was the only reservation. However, other establishments were not at all adjusted to admitting a charge in a wheelchair. Due to the fact that the rights of persons with disabilities are of particular interest to the Defender, the representatives of the NPM reiterate that, in accordance with the Charter of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities adopted on 1 August 1997 by the Sejm of the Republic of Poland, persons with disabilities have the right to live in an environment free of functional barriers, while the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities ratified by Poland requires that persons with disabilities should be enabled to live their life independently and fully participate in all its spheres. All state institutions should therefore take action aimed at giving real effect to the rights of persons with disabilities. 3B. Juvenile detention centres and juvenile shelters 3B.1. Introduction In 2014, the representatives of the National Preventive Mechanism performed visits to five juvenile detention centres and two juvenile shelters82. YCCs in: Leśnica, Namysłów, Rewal. YCCs in: Łańcut, Wojnów, Rembów. 78 YCCs in: Łańcut, Wojnów. 79 YCCs in: Łańcut, Warsaw (No 4), Rewal. 80 YCCs in: Łańcut, Leśnica. 81 YCC in Rembów. 82 Juvenile Detention Centres in: Poznań, Grodzisk Wielkopolski, Tarnów, Sadowice, Jerzmanice Zdrój; Juvenile Shelters in: Gacki, Szczecin. 76 77 31