Report of the Commissioner for Human Rights on the activities of the National Mechanism for the Prevention of Torture in Poland in 2017 Treatment by the police and access to a lawyer While visiting three establishments93 and holding conversations with juveniles, the representatives of the NMPT received information about the use of violence by police officers during interrogations and upon detention. - What was it like at the police station? - Everyone knows what it is like. - What do you mean? -They beat you…. (part of a conversation between the NMPT representative with one of the residents) Juveniles also indicated that they were interrogated in the absence of their parent, guardian or psychologist. Furthermore, they also stated that the first time they met their ex-officio lawyers was in the court room, which raises concerns in terms of effective protection against torture. Experience of national and international institutions dealing with the prevention of torture shows that the risk of ill-treatment is at its highest in the first moments after detention. Juveniles indicated various forms of abuse that police officers resorted to when dealing with them. 93 Juvenile Detention Centre and Juvenile Shelter in Konstantynów Łódzki, Juvenile Detention Centre in Tarnów (for boys with moderate and light mental disability) and Juvenile Detention Centre in Witkowo. The objective of the visits was to assess the access of minors to health services in the field of psychiatry and addiction treatment 41