APPENDIX Dnr O 7-2018 Page 3 (15) d) What possibility does the Prison and Probation Service have to offer association with others for inmates who are placed in an association place that is not within an association department? e) Why has the Prison and Probation Service not set a minimum time for how long an inmate should have the right to associate together with other inmates per day? In the official letter sent to the Prison and Probation Service prior to the meeting, the agency was asked to submit documentation no later than 4 March 2019 concerning questions a) and b). In the documentation submitted, the agency stated that, according to the preliminary statistics, the total number of people in remand prisons on 7 February 2019 was 2,215. Of these, 1,914 were held on remand, of which 1,068 had restrictions imposed in accordance with chap. 24 § 5 a of the Code of Judicial Procedure, which corresponds to 56 per cent of the number of inmates or 48 per cent of all inmates held on remand. There were a total of 301 inmates who belonged to a category other than held on remand. This category includes, inter alia, enforcement of sentence cases, that is to say convicted inmates waiting for a prison placement, inmates detained under the Aliens Act (2005:716), inmates taken into custody by a parole board and other inmates admitted to a remand prison but temporarily placed in another facility. The Prison and Probation Service also stated that it is not possible to obtain statistics from its digital system on how many inmates in remand prison had a decision regarding placement in segregation. At the meeting, the Chief Parliamentary Ombudsman asked why it is not possible to obtain the number of inmates who were placed in segregation, i.e. question a) above. The representatives of the Prison and Probation Service stated that it is possible to obtain information on how many inmates in prisons are placed in segregation, but that it is not possible to obtain such information for remand prisons. The reason for this is that the agency's system lacks such a function. In the opinion of the representatives of the Prison and Probation Service, it is deeply regrettable as such a function would make it easier for the management and governance of the remand prison operations. An order has been placed for its system to be supplemented with this function. However, it is unclear when this feature will be available. When asked, the representatives of the Prison and Probation Service stated that it is possible to produce the information manually. The agency's head office had not understood the Parliamentary Ombudsmen's request as meaning they should have obtained the information from each and every remand prison. The agency has now introduced a requirement for segregation decisions to be reviewed, and this is stated in the Prison and Probation Service's handbook. – 69 – B