At the JEC in Łobżenica the quarantine zone was also located in a separate part of the building.
However, after a certain period of the pandemic, when the isolation group already had several boys
group, and others were to arrive soon, it was decided to open a second isolation zone within the JEC
branch in Kijaszków296. There, the educator was staying with the juveniles all the time. A register of
persons present in the building was kept. As there were no other juveniles there, the boys were allowed
to go outside to breathe fresh air. They were supervised by the educator. In June, in accordance with the
already mentioned recommendations of the Ministry of National Education, the system of isolation was
abandoned if the interview during the admission did not show any suspicion relating to the infection or
contact with an infected person.
At the end of the first wave of the pandemic, when fewer boys were admitted to the facility, the
quarantine group no longer existed (before the letter from the Ministry of National Education of June
2020, that lifted the restrictions).There were some juveniles isolated in separate rooms, without contact
with other boys. The juveniles were regularly visited by the educators and a psychologist. The JEC
employees explained to them that the isolation was not any form of penalty, and that it was connected
with the need to counteract the pandemic. The juveniles had no objections as to the behaviour of the
staff. No difficulties with access to the bathroom were reported. The boys' temperature was measured
three times a day, in the isolation group and in the regular groups. Later, it was measured less frequently.
It was also checked during the holiday camp organized for the juveniles.
At the JEC in Czaplinek, juveniles were quarantined in single rooms on the ground floor in the
main building. The quarantine room could only be left when the juvenile wanted to use the toilet or the
bathroom next door. The meals were delivered by educators who entered the quarantine room wearing
a mask. During the quarantine, the juveniles could also request permission to go for a walk. In such a
case, the educator, using personal protection equipment, went out with the juvenile to the garden. All
the juveniles maintained contacts with the outside world. They used portable telephones that the facility
had. Each time, after ending the conversation the telephone was disinfected by the educator. The legal
guardians of some of the juveniles applied to the court for consent to their stay outside of the centre
during the pandemic. 10 girls had used this possibility between 1 March and the date of the visit.
Major incident: death of a juvenile at the non-public juvenile educational
centre in Łańcut
An example of the risks caused by a system in which quarantined juveniles are supervised only
"remotely" can be the death of one of the juveniles in the non-public juvenile educational centre in
Łańcut.
The JEC was a part of the Juvenile Educational Centres complex in Łobżenica, and according to its statutes the
Kijaszków facility was a part of the complex.
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