WHAT ARE THE RISKS WITH ISOLATION? ted with 63 inmates who were isolated. Over half of the inmates stated that they had problems with anger, sleep and concentration difficulties or anxiety.4 Amongst the information submitted to the Parliamentary Ombudsmen, a noteworthy example is that the Parliamentary Ombudsmen’s employees, during an inspection of Göteborg Remand Prison in February 2019, spoke with two young persons under the age of 18 who were held on remand. They had been held on remand with restrictions for several months. Previously, they had been placed in other remand prisons and stated that they spent large parts of the day in their cells without meaningful human contact. They felt that it had affected them negatively and made them feel sad. Furthermore, they described that they had become withdrawn and that their ability to talk and participate in social interaction had deteriorated. They also stated that their vision had been negatively affected, for example with difficulty in seeing or fixing upon an object from a distance.5 4 Sharon Shalev and Kimmett Edgar, Deep Custody: Segregation Units and Close Supervision Centres in England and Wales, 2015, pp. 93 and 94. 5 See the Parliamentary Ombudsmen’s report dnr O 7-2019 p. 5, – 27 – 4