17 opcat inspections 2015–2017 Reports will continuously be an important element in the inspection activity since a report can be an important supplement to follow-up inspections. During 2015–2017, subsequent to 16 inspections1 the Parliamentary Ombudsmen has requested that an authority reports back to the Parliamentary Ombudsmen. Among others, the Police Authority reported back on measures taken to improve the environment in one of the authority’s police custody facilities. The Prison and Probation Service has also been asked to submit details of the measures taken to ensure that the rules regarding body searches are applied in the correct manner, at two of the authority’s facilities. Locations where individuals are deprived of liberty In Sweden in 2017, individuals deprived of their liberty were placed at the following locations: • 45 prison establishments (4,200 places) • 32 remand prisons (1,900 places) • 120 police custody facilities (1,350 places) • 24 LVU residential homes (700 places) • 11 LVM residential homes (380 places) • A minimum of 80 institutions for compulsory psychiatric care and forensic psychiatric care (approx. 4,000 places) • 5 migration detention centres (360 places) The above is based on an estimate. In a comparison with the latest OPCAT report the number of placements for individuals deprived of their liberty – with the exception of migration detention centres – is at the same level as in 2014. The Migration Agency’s placements for detainees has almost doubled since 2014.2 In addition to the number of detainees, there has also been an increase in the average time a person spends in a detention unit.3 The Migration Agency is working continuously on increasing the number of detention placements. Over the past year, the Prison and Probation Service has also increased its capacity and particularly in the country’s remand prisons.4 The Prison and Probation Service is of the opinion that there is a need to create approximately 500 new placements in remand prisons by 2025. This means an increase of almost 30 percent. To summaries, there is a current increase of places and individuals deprived of their liberty, and this development is expected to continue in the years to come. 1 See Appendix D. 2 See the Parliamentary Ombudsmen’s report, National Preventive Mechanism – NPM (2014) p. 16. 3 See the Swedish Migration Agency’s annual report for 2017 p. 62. 4 See the Swedish Prison and Probation Service and statistics (2017) p. 23. Number of places for individuals deprived of their liberty 4 200 Prison establishments 1 900 Remand prisons 1 350 Policce custody facilities 700 LVU residential homes 380 LVM residential homes 4 000 Compulsory psychiatric care 360 Migration detention centres