MONITORING ACTIVITIES CHILDREN 61 Selected recommendations etc.4 – – – – Arrange for activities with the inmate that involve contact with other persons Check which language an inmate speaks best and provide an interpreter who speaks the language Ensure adequate documentation in reports on placements in observation cells Ensure closer medical supervision of inmates excluded from association with other inmates 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. Case opened on the Ombudsman’s own initiative about secure 24-hour residential facilities’ rejecting young persons who are undergoing age determination. The case was still pending at the time of going to press. Concluded without comments – C  onsider the basis for the house rule that young persons are not allowed to start a relationship with another resident while staying at the centre – and ensure that the content and application of the rule (if upheld) do not exceed what is required in order for the centre to function as intended and meet its objectives – Ensure a continuous, accessible overview of the number of incidents involving use of force and that the incidents are reported to the Immigration Service – Ensure the development plans for the residents are regularly updated and that they contain specific agreements – Ensure that medicines are handled in accordance with applicable regulations – – – – – Continue endeavours to prevent and reduce the number of incidents involving use of force Ensure that use of physical force is only followed by seclusion if there is a legal basis for this Discontinue unlawful use of force and seclusion in person’s own room Tighten up on documentation in reports on incidents involving use of force Ensure that young persons placed in a seclusion room are allowed to go to the toilet when needed and based on a specific assessment of whether it is safe for the young person and others to allow the young person to leave the seclusion room Still pending at the time of going to press Continued next page