Rooms for detained persons (PDRs)
During the classes, each student performed tasks tailored to his/her abilities and arrears which, by definition, are closely related to everyday life.
• Monitoring the fate of charges after leaving a Juvenile Detention Centre or a Juvenile
Shelter. Undoubtedly, both the idea itself and the range of support offered as part of
this extended care makes the establishment visited stand out from other establishments visited by the representatives of the National Preventive Mechanism. When
leaving the establishment, charges know that they can ask the director for support (being material support, a talk with a psychologist or other support related to the present
life situation) anytime. In the opinion of the employees of the OCHR, the described
practice is an excellent example of values which should be pursued as part of juvenile
rehabilitation – the need for it does not cease when a charge leaves the establishment75.
5. Rooms for detained persons (PDRs)
5.1 Introduction
In 2015, the representatives of the National Preventive Mechanism visited 15 rooms for
detained persons or persons brought to sober up within Police organisational units.
5.2 Systemic problems
1) Delegating the responsibility for care of intoxicated persons to the Police
2015 is another year in which the problem of delegating the responsibility for care of
intoxicated persons to the Police remains topical. In the absence of the obligation to employ
any medical personnel in rooms for detained persons or persons brought to sober up, these
establishments are not adequately prepared to care for intoxicated persons. Despite general
letters of the Commissioner for Human Rights76, representatives of the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Health failed to develop any solution to this issue.
2) Medical examination of detained persons
The situation of medical examination of PDR detainees remains the same. As in previous years, medical services were provided to persons brought to sober up who had visible
bodily injuries and those who requested such examination.
Compared to the previous year, a greater number of the establishments visited77 examined intoxicated persons who were detained in connection with a case. In other rooms
JDC and JS in Warsaw-Falenica.
RPO-738421-VII-720.7/13/MMa, KMP.574.14.2014.MMa.
PDRs in: Strzelce Krajeńskie, Łomża, Kłodzko, Jarocin, Włodawa, Brzesko, Kwidzyn, Chodzież, Syców.
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