Report of the Commissioner for Human Rights on the activities of the National Mechanism for the Prevention of Torture in Poland in 2017 Areas which require improvement Incorrectly conducted intervention in an emergency situation In the closed detention centre for migrants in Krosno Odrzańskie a foreigner who was on hunger strike attempted a suicide. The man who refused any meals was staying in the medical isolation room. When the officers of the Border Guard were talking to him he attempted suicide by placing a loop made of the pull string from vertical blinds around his neck. In that situation border guard officers used direct coercion measures against him in the form of physical force. The foreigner was then transferred do the isolation room and the Border Guard submitted a request to the court to change the form of detention and move him from the closed centre to an arrest for migrants. Court’s decision, which acknowledged the aforementioned request, was passed the following day. On the same day the migrant was moved to the Arrest in Przemyśl. An NMPT expert watched the video surveillance footage of the event. The content of the conversations was not recorded in the video material but the footage presented the situation which preceded the suicidal attempt. The analysis revealed that neither a psychologist, nor a healthcare professional participated in the intervention that took place prior to the attempt. The intervention was headed directly by the director of the closed detention centre for migrants. The foreigner was alone with the Arabic language interpreter who, at the request of the director in charge of the intervention, was supposed to talk to the detainee. After exchanging a couple of words with the interpreter, the detainee rushed towards the vertical blinds’ pull string and attempted to hang himself. This attempt was stopped by the BG employees. 73