holidays for the juveniles, subject to the requirements set out in the sanitary guidelines for organizers of holidays for children and youth289. Isolation of newly arrived juveniles The Ministry of National Education, in its information materials sent to the directors of the JECs, included several guidelines on the centres’ functioning during the COVID-19 pandemic. They concerned, inter alia, quarantine of newly arrived juveniles. After arrival to the centre, the juveniles should remain isolated from their educational groups for a period of 7 days, and their health should be monitored. The Ministry of National Education recommended the use of standard procedures set out by the Chief Sanitary Inspector for such activities. If the centre in question does not have rooms where the quarantine may be held, it is possible to temporarily increase the number of juveniles in bedrooms in order to obtain free rooms. If there is an infected person, the centre and all the juveniles should be quarantined for 14 days290. The aforementioned letter of 8 June 2020 informed the JEC directors of that a quarantine of newly arrived juveniles and those who had escaped and been brought back should be an optional solution, depending on the content of the interview conducted with the juvenile and any determined risk of contracting and developing COVID-19291. Due to the lack of detailed guidelines on juveniles’ quarantine at JECs, the directors of the individual institutions developed their own procedures and instructions. The NMPT remote visits revealed that in practice, they were very diverse. In some cases there were doubts as to whether a given method of conducting quarantine ensures sufficient safety of the juveniles. The admission procedure was similar in most of the centres. The juveniles had their temperature measured, and a medical interview was conducted that focused on the COVID-19 symptoms and possible contacts with infected or quarantined people. The admission form was filled out. Before joining the quarantine group, the juvenile had to take a shower. Then, he/she changed into pyjamas or new clothes (own clothes, or if there were none, clothes provided by the centre). The clothes in which the juvenile arrived were collected to be washed. At JEC no. 3 in Łódź, all personal belongings of the juvenile were also quarantined for at least 48 hours in the group's storage place, and any valuables were deposited with the group’s educator. The juvenile remained separated from the other group members for 7 to 14 days, depending on the centre (and depending on the temperature measurements and 289 Ibid. 290 Letter of the Ministry of National Education to the directors of juvenile educational centres of 20/03/2020 (ref. no. DWKI-WSPE.5015.18.2020.KT). 291 Letter from the Ministry of National Education to the directors of juvenile educational centres of 8 June 2020 (ref. no. DWKI-WSPE.5015.18.2020.KT.). 106