Sobering-up stations The representatives of the Mechanism also found that in two stations the Police officers and male personnel176 were present during the actions taken towards women, also while the women were changing their clothes177. Such conduct of the personnel violates the patients’ right to intimacy and breaches the applicable regulations.178 6. Living conditions During the inspection of the sobering-up stations, the employees of the NPM each time verify the compliance with § 19(4) of the Ordinance on sobering-up stations.179 The examination of the establishments revealed that many of them were not adjusted to the needs of the disabled.180 In two of the visited stations, toilets were placed in the rooms where the patients stay. The representatives of the Mechanism are critical of such solutions, since there is no need for toilets in such rooms. In one of the stations181 the toilets were not screened off with any curtains or partitions and placed right under a camera, thus not allowing any intimacy while using them. In another establishment182, the toilets were separate with a wall, but using them infringed the right to intimacy. The best solution recommended by the visiting team is to remove the toilets from the rooms where the patients stay. In two visited stations183, the showers were separated with metal bars which were the remains of forced washing practice. The visiting team stated that forced washing was degrading treatment and recommended immediate removal of the bars as the objects raising justified doubts when assessing the observance of human rights during hygiene and sanitary practices. During the visits, the representatives of the Mechanisms learned that in two establishments184 there was a  rule according to which scruffy persons were not Sobering-up Station in Katowice. Sobering-up Station in Warsaw. 178 Pursuant to § 24(5) of the Ordinance on sobering-up stations, activities related to admission of women to a station or an establishment and direct care over them during their stay shall be performed solely by female personnel of the station or the establishment, with the exclusion of health care services. 179 Rooms of the stations for admitted persons are equipped with devices for persons with reduced mobility. 180 Sobering-up Station in Zamość, Sobering-up Station in Opole, Sobering-up Station in Włocławek, Sobering-up Station in Konin, Sobering-up Station in Katowice, Sobering-up Station in Chorzów, Sobering-up Station in Olsztyn, Sobering-up Station in Warsaw. 181 Sobering-up Station in Konin. 182 Sobering-up Station in Warsaw. 183 Sobering-up Station in Włocławek, Sobering-up Station in Zamość. 184 Sobering-up Station in Suwałki, Sobering-up Station in Konin. 176 177 77