GUARDED CENTRES FOR FOREIGNERS In 2020, the National Mechanism for the Prevention of Torture conducted a visit to one Guarded Centre for foreigners, located in Lesznowola370. The purpose of the visit was to assess the advancement of the implementation of the CPT recommendations to the Polish Government, included in the CTP report on its visit to Poland in 2017371 and the NMPT recommendations issued following its visit to the centre in 2018.372 • IMPLEMENTATION STATUS OF THE CPT RECOMMENDATIONS Recommendations that the NMPT has considered implemented: • To treat detained foreign migrants in a respectful manner 373 − no cases improper treatment of foreign migrants were reported to the NMPT; • To ensure two-stage body search of persons placed in the centre, in accordance with the procedure in force374 − not all foreign migrants were subjected to body search upon admission into the centre. Where body search was carried out, the two-stage procedure was used; • To ensure the presence of an interpreter during psychological consultations as well as medical examinations and consultations375 − in the case of communication problems, contact with the interpreter was made by telephone (using a loudspeaker). The NMPT considered the recommendation implemented. Yet, it emphasized that the physical presence of an interpreter is the best solution, and that interpretation should be a standard also in psychological support provision (waiting time/the possibility to select the interpreter’s gender); • To considering the possibility of allowing foreign migrants to use the VoIP technologies to communicate with the outside world, and offering indigent foreign migrants at least one free-of-charge phone call per month376 − foreign migrants in the centre had access to Skype for 60 minutes a day. Persons who did not have a private telephone had access to the centre’s telephone (via the duty manager); 370 See: NMPT Report on the visit conducted on 7-9 October 2020, KMP.572.2.2018.KK. 371 See: CPT Report on the visit to Poland conducted on 11 - 22 May 2017, CPT/Inf (2018) 39, paras. 34-55. 372 See: NMPT report on the visit conducted on 16-17 July 2018, KMP.572.2.2018.MK. 373 See: CPT Report, CPT/Inf (2018) 39, para. 37. 374 Ibid, para 53. 375 Ibid, para. 46. 376 Ibid, para 54. 140