B APPENDIX Dnr O 7-2018 Page 2 (15) follow up on the issues of placement of inmates in association and the use of isolation-breaking measures. In an official letter dated 28 December 2018, representatives of the Prison and Probation Service were called to a dialogue meeting. On 31 January 2019, the Prison and Probation Service submitted another report following a request from the Chief Parliamentary Ombudsman in an owninitiative inquiry regarding the placement of inmates in segregation.2 This response was also included in the dialogue meeting. Meeting participants In addition to the Chief Parliamentary Ombudsman, Head of Office Jörgen Buhre, Head of Unit Gunilla Bergerén, Deputy Head of Unit Karl Lorentzon and legal advisors Eva Fridén (report author) and Simon Törnvall were also present at the dialogue meeting. From the Prison and Probation Service, the Director of Prisons and Remand Prisons AA, Head of Legal BB and Head of Security CC were present. Purpose of the meeting The meeting began with the Chief Parliamentary Ombudsman informing that she had decided to follow up the issues of placement of inmates in association and the use of isolation-breaking measures in an own-initiative inquiry. Prior to the meeting, an official letter dated 18 February 2019 with questions had been sent to the Prison and Probation Service. The Chief Parliamentary Ombudsman stated that these were the issues she wished to discuss at the meeting. What emerged from the dialogue meeting At the dialogue meeting, the following emerged: Association between inmates This section addressed the following issues: a) How many inmates were there in the country's remand prisons on 7 February 2019 and how many of these were subject to restrictions or were placed in segregation? b) What proportion of the inmates were placed in an association place that was not within an association department? c) Is there a difference between the association places that are not located within an association department and restriction places regarding the amount of time spent in association with other inmates? 2 See the Parliamentary Ombudsmen 2018/19 p. 146. – 68 –