CAT/C/FIN/CO/7 Sanitary equipment in prisons 20. While recalling that in its previous concluding observations (see CAT/C/FIN/CO/56, para. 14) the Committee had expressed concern at reports indicating that 222 prison cells in three different prison facilities lacked appropriate sanitary equipment, including toilet facilities, the Committee is concerned that there are still 118 cells in two prison facilities, namely the Helsinki and Hameenlinna prisons, with no toilets and that renovated facilities will be ready for use only in 2017 (art. 11). 21. The Committee reiterates the recommendation made in its previous concluding observations that the State party should accelerate the renovation of the Helsinki and Hameenlinna prisons in order to provide cells with appropriate sanitary equipment, including toilet facilities. Involuntary placement and treatment in psychiatric institutions 22. While taking note of the amendments to the Mental Health Act that entered into force in June 2016, the Committee is concerned that persons with mental and psychosocial disabilities may not be aware of the fact that they can have access to legal remedies, including the possibility to challenge involuntary hospitalization and treatment in an administrative court, even if they do not have a legal representative or a family member or other close person involved in their care (arts. 2, 12, 13 and 16). 23. The Committee recommends that the State party amend the Mental Health Act and enact clear and specific legislation that ensures effective legal safeguards, including the provision of legal representation. In addition, the State party should strengthen the right to self-determination for persons with mental and psychosocial disabilities and ensure that their placement in psychiatric hospitals and social institutions is based on their free and informed consent, that they enjoy the right of effective appeal and that they are able to challenge involuntary hospitalization and treatment through judicial review. Use of restraints 24. While welcoming the announced introduction starting in May 2017 of new special buses where persons deprived of liberty will be separated, the Committee is concerned about reports that persons deprived of their liberty who are transported from one location to another are handcuffed for the duration of the transfer, despite the fact that the law prescribes the use of physical restraints as a discretionary, not a routine, measure. It is also concerned that a restraint bed continues to be used in one police station (arts. 2, 11 and 16). 25. The State party should amend legislation with a view to strictly regulating the use of physical restraints on persons deprived of their liberty and end the practice of handcuffing persons deprived of their liberty during transport. The use of restraint beds in police stations should be abolished. Use of electric discharge weapons (tasers) and other crowd control weapons 26. The Committee is concerned about reports that electric discharge weapons (tasers) have been used by police officers on a number of occasions in closed environments such as police stations. It is also concerned about the use of the FN303 model of compressed air riot weapons during demonstrations, as such weapons can cause serious injuries (arts. 11 and 16). 27. The State party should ensure that electrical discharge weapons are used exclusively in extreme and limited situations, where there is a real and immediate threat to life or risk of serious injury, as a substitute for lethal weapons and by trained 6