Reinspections Reinspection of the Division responsible for Caring for Intoxicated and Homeless Persons at the Emergency Intervention Centre in Nowy Sącz confirmed that the majority of the recommendations issued by the representatives of NPM issued during the inspection of the facility in 2012 was implemented. According to the declaration of the facilities’ director, medical examinations take place in a place that persons other than medical personnel cannot see or hear. A place that is not covered by CCTV monitoring was sectioned off at the staffroom, which is covered by a screen if needed, as well as changing rooms were organized, where patients may change, while their intimacy and privacy is respected. The information on the rights of persons brought to the station and on the institutions that protect the human rights, were hanged out only in the staffroom, contrary to the recommendation that they should be placed also in the rooms for the persons brought into the station. The condition of the persons admitted to the facility and the admitting procedure does not allow them for reading these materials calmly and effectively, therefore the employees of the Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights recommended that such information should also be placed in the rooms for the detained persons. During reinspection, irregularities were observed in terms of applying direct coercive measures. The analysed CCTV monitoring recordings of 2 cases of applying coercive measures allowed for expressing doubts as to the clothing of the persons immobilized by belts. The analysis of the visual recordings disclosed that in one case a man was clothed only in a substitute shirt and was walking barefoot. Another patient also had no shoes and was completely naked. He was brought in to the room in this condition, where he was immobilized and covered with a blanked. After being released from the belts, he received a shirt being the property of the sobering-up station. It is not allowed for anyone to be naked at the station. Next to the issue of physical discomfort (cold), walking a person naked and barefoot (on the floor where others walk in shoes) through the sobering-up station subject to CCTV monitoring might infringe their right to intimacy and dignity. It must be noted that, next to the issue of CCTV monitoring, that person is seen by other persons, including other patients. b. Psychiatric Hospital in Gorzów Wielkopolski During the first inspection at the Psychiatric Hospital in Gorzów Wielkopolski, which took place in 2012, the representatives of NPM noted that there was no separate admissions room at the enhanced security wards. According to NPM, it was reasonable to establish such a room due to the size of the wards (approx. 55 beds). During reinspection, it was determined that the above recommendation was implemented. While no separate admissions room for these wards only was created, certain reorganisation of the rooms at the station was implemented. Also, permanent shifts of psychiatrists instead of rotation shifts of ward doctors were introduced. Within one of the wards, a new sub-ward was established for men, for approx. 30 patients, which will be launched soon. This is the final stage of the implementation of the project that had provided for establishing an additional psychiatric ward that offers standard security, and the representatives of NPM had been informed about 61

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