go outside the building. They are in opposition to the European Rules for Juvenile
Offenders subject to Sanctions or Measures (5 November 2008)- Rule 81. In the
opinion of the National Preventive Mechanism, the legal regulations should guarantee
for inmates placed in youth care and sociotherapy centres the right to benefit form
everyday outdoor walk lasting one hour.
As a result, it has been established that the amended Ordinance of the Minister
of National Education and Sport on the framework charters of public establishments64
shall provide for 1 hour everyday outdoor walk for inamtes. The Human Rights
Defender will strive for regulating this question in the Act on juvenile deliquency.
7.3.
Juvenile shelters and juvenile detention centres.
In 2010, the National Preventive Mechanism representatives visited two juvenile
detention centres (hereinafter referred to as: JDC, Detention Centre), including one
under the revisit and four juvenile detention centres and juvenile shelters functioning
together (hereinafter referred to as: JDC and JS, establishment)65.
Figure 7.
Number of visits of the National Preventive Mechanism in Juvenile Shelters and Juvenile Detention Centres in
the years 2008 – 2010.
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
0
3
4
2
2010 r.
3
Juvenile
Shelters
Schroniska
dla
Nieletnich
2
2
2
2
Juvenile Poprawcze
Detention
Zakłady
Centres
2009 r.
2008 r.
Juvenile
Detentioni Centres and Juvenile
Zakłady
Poprawcze
Schroniska
dla
Shelters
(functioning
together)
Nieletnich
(funkcjonujące
łącznie)
Most irregularities as regards respecting the rights of the juveniles were found by
the National Preventive Mechanism members in the Juvenile Detention Centre and
Juvenile Shelter in Białystok. The actions undertaken in the Juvenile Detention Centre
in Białystok in 2010 were aimed at verifying the implementation of recommendations
made by the NMP representatives, following the visit in 2008. Within the framework
of the re-inspection carried out, the Mechanism representatives found that the majority
of irregularities related to the operation of the establishment, disclosed during the
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of 2005, No 52, 466
Juvenile Detention Centre and Juvenile Shelter in: Laskowiec, Mrozy, Pszczyna, Warsaw-Falenica and
Juvenile Detention Centre in: Studzieniec and Białystok.
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