SUMMARY Specific abbreviations CAT UN Committee against Torture CPT European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment FARK Fängelse Prison The Prison and Probation Service’s regulations and guidelines on prisons (KVFS 2011:1) FäL The Prisons Act (2010:610) HäF The Remand Prisons Ordinance (2010:2010) HäL häkteslagen (2010:611) ICCPR UN International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights LUL Act (1964:167) with special provisions for young offenders NPM National Preventive Mechanism according to Opcat Opcat UN Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture RB Code of Judicial Procedure SOU Swedish Government Official Report SPT Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment –7– 1