Extracts from news published on the Ombudsman’s website in 2018 | 101 The Ombudsman expects to be able to conclude his investigation by the end of September. with the time limits set out by the Access to Public Administration Files Act for each individual request. 31 May This is the message after the Parliamentary Ombudsman has raised the question with the Ministry of Justice, which has now sent information to all other ministries about the issue. Ombudsman opens case about minor inmates’ association with adult inmates in Prison and Probation Service institutions … In connection with monitoring visits to two closed prisons – Ringe Prison and Nyborg Prison – the Ombudsman has become aware that minor inmates have association with adult inmates. The rules on minor inmates’ association with adult inmates set out in the executive order on the handling of 15- to 17-year-old offenders placed in Prison and Probation Service institutions do not apply to these two prisons. For this reason, the Ombudsman has now asked the Department of Prisons and Probation and the Ministry of Justice which guidelines apply to minor inmates’ association with adult inmates in the two prisons. 1 J une Concrete measures will be taken to prevent suicides in immigration detention centre Exposed pipes on the ceilings of the immigration detention centre Ellebæk will soon be hidden. This is the result of the Ombudsman pointing out that in recent years several detainees have attempted to commit suicide using the pipes. 7 J une Legal to group and process several requests for access to documents or information together, but time limits must still be observed When an authority receives several requests for access to documents or information about the same subject, it is legal for it to process the requests together to save resources. But the authority must still comply 2) A  former Minister of Justice, now a political commentator 11 June The People’s Political Festival 2018: How fierce should Parliament’s watchdogs be? The country’s top watchdogs check that the public sector complies with rules and regulations – and does so in an efficient manner. But how fierce should a watchdog be? This question has been the subject of vociferous debate over the last year, and at the People’s Political Festival 2018, the question will be addressed directly to the country’s top watchdogs. This will happen when Hans Engell2, who will chair a debate on the issue in Parliament’s tent on Friday from 9 to 10 a.m., questions the Parliamentary Ombudsman, the Auditor General and the majority of the members of the Public Accounts Committee. 15 June Resident safety in social psychiatric residential facilities should be improved After visiting 13 social psychiatric residential facilities in 2017, the Ombudsman concludes that more should be done for resident safety. 20 June Municipal employees did not have their freedom of expression restricted A couple of weeks before the municipal elections in 2017, employees of the Regional Municipality of Bornholm could read in the press that they ‘had been gagged’ by the head of the municipal administration.