MONITORING ACTIVITIES ADULTS 43 Selected recommendations etc.4 Visits concluded with recommendations: 38 Visits concluded without comments: 0 Not concluded at the time of going to press: 2 – Ensure medical assessment at least three times a day in connection with forcible physical restraint – Ensure an external physician undertakes an assessment of forcible restraint if it lasts more than 24 hours – E  nsure the anti-violence policy contains clear information about prevention of physical and mental violence among patients – Analyse why most incidents with sedatives involving coercion have occurred during the summer months for a number of years – Keep records of use of coercion with information about grounds and names of staff involved – G  ive guidance to inmates about body searches and urine sampling and follow up on whether they are carried out in accordance with the rules – G  ive guidance to inmates about body searches and urine sampling and follow up on whether they are carried out in accordance with the rules Case opened on the Ombudsman’s own initiative regarding 14 reports on placements in security cells. Concluded without criticism based on a statement and initiatives from the Prison and Probation Service. – G  ive guidance to inmates about body searches and urine sampling and ensure that, and follow up on whether, they are carried out in accordance with the rules – Increase focus on inmates’ right to an initial medical examination and remand prisoners’ right to call in their own doctor – E xercise greater care when completing consent forms for sharing medical information Case opened on the Ombudsman’s own initiative about an incident involving use of force in connection with the use of pepper spray. The case was still pending at the time of going to press. – G  ive guidance to inmates about body searches and urine sampling and ensure that, and follow up on whether, they are carried out in accordance with the rules – Inform inmates about their contact person and ensure regular contact between contact person and inmate – Increase focus on thorough and informative arrival interviews and the use of interpreters at the interviews – and otherwise to the extent necessary 4) The table contains selected, abbreviated recommendations. The full recommendations can be found (in Danish only) at www.ombudsmanden.dk, where concluding letters on monitoring visits are published on an ongoing basis. The table also includes information about cases taken up on the Ombudsman’s own initiative following monitoring visits. Continued next page