COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS BULLETIN 2019, No 4 SOURCES Editor-in-chief: Stanisław Trociuk Report of the Commissioner for Human Rights on the activities of the National Mechanism for the Prevention of Torture in Poland in 2018 (Synthesis) Editor: Hanna Machińska Ph.D., Marcin Kusy, Przemysław Kazimirski Report prepared by: Part I and Part II – Marcin Kusy Police units – police stations and rooms for detained persons – Rafał Kulas, Michał Żłobecki Detention of juveniles – Klaudia Kamińska Detention of migrant foreigners – Marcin Kusy Social care homes, 24-hour care facilities – Justyna Zarecka Psychiatric hospitals, Nursing facilities – Aleksandra Osińska Penitentiary establishments – Przemysław Kazimirski Sobering-up stations, Detention facilities of the military police, Re-inspections – Tomasz Górecki Published by: Office of the Commissioner of Human Rights al. Solidarności 77, 00-090 Warszawa www.rpo.gov.pl Helpline 800 676 676 ISSN 0860-7958 Creative Commons License: Attribution - non-commercial use (CC BY-NC) Submitted for typesetting in October 2019 Authorised for publication in October 2019 Edition: 150 copies Proofreading, printing and binding: Grafpol Agnieszka Blicharz-Krupińska ul. Żmudzka 21, 51-354 Wrocław www.argrafpol.pl 2

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