During the interviews, some inmates indicated that during the pandemic, the administrators paid more attention to cleanliness and disinfection procedures than before. Inmates who were not engaged in cleaning works confirmed that they could smell disinfectants within the establishment, after the corridors had been sprayed with disinfecting substances in the evenings216. The availability of disinfectant agents for use by inmates in prison corridors varied, depending on the establishment. In some establishments, inmates reported that disinfecting agents were available, for example, next to telephone sets (and could be used by the prisoners). In other cases, officers had to be called to disinfect the telephones. In the latter situations, According to the establishments’ directors, it should be kept in mind that most disinfectants are alcohol-based and should not be left unattended. Several establishments had so-called foggers for effective disinfection procedures in hard-toreach places where sprayed disinfectants are not sufficiently effective. Such devices are used not only to disinfect buildings but also convoy vehicles217. Personal protection measures All visited establishments had personal protection measures for their officers and other employees as well as for inmates who performed any work for the establishment (e.g. cleaning work, kitchen work, or meal delivery). The measures included: reusable and disposable face masks, protective overalls, protective glasses, face shields, shoe covers, disposable aprons, nitrile gloves, surface disinfectants and hand disinfectants. Depending on the establishment and on the date of the visit, the establishments had amounts of such equipment sufficient for periods from about one month to about half a year. The facility directors pointed out that at the beginning of the pandemic, access to personal protection measures had been limited. The situation had been the same across the country due to the lack of preparations for the increased demand for such items. After the initial period, all the visited establishments had secured the necessary funds, and most of the directors declared there were no problems with the ongoing deliveries of such items218. 216 In the prison in Sztum, every day in the evening, after the roll call, the corridors were sprayed with a chlorinebased disinfectant. See: Report on the NMPT visit to the prison in Sztum (KMP. 571.10.2020). See: Reports on the NMPT visits to the remand prison in Międzyrzecz (KMP.571.16.2020), prison no. 1 in Grudziądz (KMP.571.12.2020) and the prison in Barczewo (KMP.571.22.2020). 217 See: Reports on the NMPT visits to the remand prisons in Międzyrzecz (KMP.571.16.2020), Kraków (KMP.571.9.2020) and Wrocław (KMP.571.11.2020), and the prisons in Bydgoszcz-Fordon (KMP. 571.24.2020), Czerwony Bór (KMP.571.25.2020), Głogów (KMP.571.23.2020), Jastrzębie-Zdrój (KMP.571.2020), Krzywaniec (KMP 571.13.2020), Łupków (KMP.571.26.2020) and Chełm (KMP.571/14.2020), prison no. 1 in Grudziądz (KMP.571/December 2020), and the prisons in Potulice (KMP.571.8.2020), Nysa (KMP.571/19.2020) and Rzeszów (KMP.571/15/2020). 218 85