Juvenile detention centres and juvenile shelters 4. Juvenile detention centres and juvenile shelters 4.1 Introduction In 2012, the representatives of the National Preventive Mechanism visited one juvenile detention centre106. It was a follow-up visit to verify the implementation of the recommendations issued as a result of visits to the detention centre in 2008107 and 2010108. 4.2 Systemic problems A significant systemic problem, diagnosed as a result of the visits carried out in the previous years as well as the revisit to the juvenile detention centre in 2012, is the already voiced need to align the provisions on the implementation of the correctional measure with the contemporary achievements in the area of the protection of human rights. In 2012, the Human Rights Defender109 again addressed the Minister of Justice informing him that since 2009 she had repeatedly voiced the need for a legislative initiative to adequately regulate the rules and conditions of placing juveniles in transition rooms and ensuring that, while they stay in a  detention centre or a juvenile shelter, they enjoy the right to daily outdoor activities. A transition room in detention centres or shelters is a separate room equipped only with the most essential furniture (a  table, a  bed, a  chair), with more austere conditions than other rooms where juveniles live. A juvenile can be placed in a transition room for two reasons. Firstly, newly arrived juveniles are placed in 106 Juvenile Detention Centre in Białystok. For the report from the visit to the Juvenile Detention Centre in Białystok in 2012 and the correspondents with the competent authorities go to http://www.rpo. gov.pl/pl/content/krajowy-mechanizm-prewencji-przeprowadzi%C5%82-wizytacje-w-zak%C5%82a dzie-poprawczym-oraz-w-katolickim. 107 For the report from the visit to the Juvenile Detention Centre in Białystok in 2008 and the correspondents with the competent authorities go to http://www.rpo.gov.pl/pl/content/krajowy-mechanizm-prewencji-przeprowadzi%C5%82-wizytacj%C4%99-w-zak%C5%82adzie-poprawczym-w-bia% C5%82ymstoku. 108 For the report from the visit to the Juvenile Detention Centre in Białystok in 2010 and the correspondents with the competent authorities go to http://www.rpo.gov.pl/pl/content/przedstawiciele-rzecznika-praw-obywatelskich-z-zespo%C5%82u-prawa-karnego-wykonawczego-3. 109 Motion of 22 February 2012 http://www.sprawy-generalne.brpo.gov.pl/szczegoly.php?pismo=1626355. 53