DETENTION OF JUVENILES In 2020, the National Mechanism for the Prevention of Torture carried out visits to eight facilities for juveniles: one juvenile correctional facility266 and seven juvenile educational centres267. The visit to the juvenile correctional facility in Białystok was conducted on-site and was focused on specific subjects. Its aim was to verify the degree of implementation of the recommendations of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT), forwarded to the Polish authorities in the report on the visit held in 2017268. The visits to the youth educational centres had the form of remote monitoring, and consisted in holding interviews with the juveniles and the staff via an internet communicator. The aim of the interviews was to establish what were the detention conditions and the juveniles’ treatment during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. Of particular interest were issues related e.g. to the epidemiological situation in the individual institutions, the procedures implemented to counteract the pandemic, and the observance of the juveniles’ rights to maintain contacts with the outside world and to receive information. The conclusions on the visits are presented in the chapter on the functioning of the youth educational centres in the times of the coronavirus pandemic. • CONCLUSIONS ON THE CONDUCTED THEMATIC VISIT The advancement of implementation of the recommendations of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment is presented below: Preventing acts of inter-juvenile violence. Improving the training of staff in conflict resolution and verbal de-escalation techniques269. In the opinion of the NMPT, the recommendation has been implemented in part. Twice a year, questionnaires are conducted among the juveniles on safety at school, during workshops and in the dormitories. In the years 2017-2020, most of the staff took part in training in the following areas: implementation of rehabilitation and therapy programmes (supervision); assessment diagnosis of juveniles; corrective measures for juveniles; and conflict resolution. Individual persons took part in training courses e.g. on handing aggression and self-aggression in children 266 Juvenile correctional facility in Białystok (KMP.573.8.2020). Juvenile educational centers in: Mszana Dolna (KMP.573.3.2020); Czaplinek (KMP.573.4.2020); Łódź - center no. 3 (KMP.573.6.2020); Łobżenica (KMP.573.7.2020); Renice (KMP.573.5.2020); Łańcut (KMP.573.10.2020); and Mrowiny (KMP.573.9.2020). 267 268 European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT). CPT report on the visit to Poland carried out on 11-22 May 2017 2018, CPT/Inf (2018) 39, paras. 56-91. The document is available at: https://www.coe.int/en/web/cpt/poland. 269 See CPT report on visit to Poland, CPT/Inf (2018) 39, para. 95. 100