Before the outbreak of the pandemic, two baths a week were the standard in almost all establishments. In view of the epidemic risk, additional baths were made available in the remand prisons in Kraków, Warszawa-Białołęka, Białystok, the prison in Jastrzębie-Zdrój and prison no. 1 in Grudziądz. It should be pointed out that inmates in the prison in Łupków reported continuous access to hot water on daily basis, and the possibility to have a bath every day. Foam disinfectants were also available in the bathrooms. Such a standard should be a model example for other penitentiary establishments in terms of counteracting the spread of the coronavirus. The system of bathing was reported as a problem in one of the visited prisons. Inmates in the prison in Międzyrzecz informed that bathing was available on Tuesdays and Thursdays, which meant that after the Thursday bath they had to wait 4 days for the next one. The inmates reported that the breaks between the baths should be more even. In the prison in Jastrzębie-Zdrój, inmates reported a problem with access to hot water, which was caused by poor work of the water heating system. Water supplied to the cell buildings was heated by a solar installation. Most of the inmates complained of the lack of hot water in those buildings, and said it was lukewarm. Hot water was occasionally available but only at some hours which were not fixed ones. The problem did not exist in the main prison building where bathing was possible too. During the remote visits, at some establishments inmates reported problems with the availability of hygiene products in sufficient amounts257. The situation was opposite in the remand prison in Kraków and the prison in Sztum where, according to the inmates, the amounts of hygiene products were always increased if such a request was made by them. There is no doubt that, in particular during the pandemic, access to hygiene products should be unlimited. The living conditions in most of the establishments were assessed by the inmates as appropriate. Most complaints were made with regard to the walking yards. For example, in the prison in Sztum, the inmates reported that the walking yards were larger in the past but later they were divided. As a result, at the time of the visit they were so small that some inmates preferred to stay in the cell and not to go for a walk258. The worst condition of the walking yards was reported by the inmates from the Czerwony Bór prison. All interviewed prisoners emphasized that the walking yards were small, surrounded by a metal sheet fence, and had a net above them. On hot days, in particular, the temperature in the yards was very 257 Such situations took place, among others, in the prison in Czarne and the prison in Głogów. 258 See: Report on the NMPT visit to the prison in Sztum (KMP.571.10.2020). 96