32 with the follow-up from the health service varied somewhat, but many were highly satisfied. Several inmates found it problematic that, during escorted leave outside the prison, officers were present during consultations and treatment by health personnel. Ullersmo Prison 29–31 August 2017 Ullersmo Prison is a high-security prison. At the time of the visit, the prison could accommodate around 200 inmates, in 16 sections in 4 units. Main findings There were several instances in 2016 and 2017 of Ullersmo Prison not making administrative decisions in connection with the use of security cells pursuant to Section 38 of the Execution of Sentences Act. Errors and shortcomings in the documentation of the supervision of inmates detained in a security cell were also identified during the visit. Logs were kept in different systems, and the systems were not verifiable. Overall, Ullersmo Prison’s procedures for the documentation of administrative decisions and supervision in connection with the use of the security cells were deemed very inadequate. Ullersmo Prison NORWEGIAN PARLIAMENTARY OMBUDSMAN National Preventive Mechanism ANNUAL REPORT 2017 In at least one case, a person who did not understand Norwegian or English was placed in a security cell without access to an interpreter. In one case, an inmate had been detained naked in a security cell for over half a day, and without a blanket or mattress for some of this period. The supervision log did not specify whether the inmate had been offered rip-resistant clothing. Nor did the log specify whether the hatch had been open or there had been any conversation between the staff and this inmate, who was deemed to be suicidal. The Ombudsman is alarmed by this and underlines that a situation like this entails a clear risk of inhuman and degrading treatment. Inmates who were placed in the restricted section, Z-Øst, were alone in their cells for 23 hours or more a day. The procedure was that inmates were given the opportunity to spend one hour outside in the fresh air per day, which they generally spent alone in the exercise yard. Apart from 1–3 hours a week when the recreational supervisor visited the section, the inmates had no opportunity for activities or human contact. Some of them were never out of their cell for long periods of time. In this section, the inmates were routinely served food through a hatch in the door. This further reduced human contact and reinforced the individual inmate’s sense of isolation. There were regularly inmates at Ullersmo Prison with such severe mental disorders and low level of