Report of the Human Rights Defender on the activities of the National Preventive Mechanism in Poland in 2012 3. Cooperation with NGOs On 2 March 2012, a meeting was held between the Human Rights defender, the Team of the National Preventive Mechanism and the representatives of the Coalition for the implementation of the OPCAT. The discussion focused on the debate on employment of inmates and persons released from prisons, scheduled on 13 September 2012. Other issues raised at the meeting were problems related to penitentiary system, i.e. the treatment of inmates’ families by the Prison Service or the serving of custodial sentences by Poles in other countries. The participants of the meeting also discussed suicide attempts of the Prison Service officers or the problem posed by digitalisation of television for penitentiary establishments. The meeting focused on cooperation between the NPM and the Coalition, which undertook to support the Team in developing action plans and strategies and disseminating the recommendations of the NPM. Furthermore, the Coalition proposed to organise once a year a meeting with experts who would share their knowledge with the members of the Mechanism. The first such meeting took place on 11 January 2013 and the experts present were Professor Z. Lasocik and Professor A. Rzepliński. 10