MONITORING ACTIVITIES CHILDREN 59 Selected recommendations etc.4 Visits concluded with recommendations: 7 Visits concluded without comments: 1 Not concluded at the time of going to press: 4 – C  onsider preparing written information about the rights and duties of young persons which is linguistically targeted to young persons – Ensure that staff know the special regulations on 15- to 17-year-old inmates – Ensure adequate documentation for decisions to place inmates in a punitive cell – Consider activities for young people on Saturdays Case opened on the Ombudsman’s own initiative about 15- to 17-year-old inmates at Prison and Probation Service institutions. The case was still pending at the time of going to press. – – – –  rovide an adequate description of grounds in reports on incidents involving use of force P Endeavour to observe the deadlines for reporting incidents involving use of force Ensure awareness and knowledge of the procedures for supervision of young persons in seclusion Ensure that medical assistance is available for children and young persons with mental disorders placed in seclusion – Endeavour to observe the deadlines for recording and reporting incidents involving use of force – Ensure forms for reporting incidents involving use of force have been completed adequately – Consider whether staff’s access to information about the young persons is in compliance with the Act on Processing of Personal Data – D  esign seclusion room in such a manner that the risk of self-harming behaviour is minimised as far as possible – Carry out self-check of the safety of the seclusion room once a year – Be aware that self-defence is normally only exempt from punishment if it is necessary to prevent a wrongful attack and unreasonable force is not evidently used 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