NORWEGIAN PARLIAMENTARY OMBUDSMAN National Preventive Mechanism ANNUAL REPORT 2018 44 Agder behandling ungdom (institution for adolescents), Furuly ­ oncerned among other things shortcomings in c ­logging decisions on the use of force, weak grounds, and descriptions that made it difficult to assess whether the statutory conditions for the use of coercion were met, and decisions on use of coercion that Kvammen was not authorised to make. The use-of-force records were not quality assured by the institution’s management. Under-reporting of use of coercion seen in conjunction with inadequate administrative decisions, unauthorised use of force, and shortcomings in quality assurance entailed a major risk of the residents being subjected to unnecessary force. The county governor had repeatedly highlighted several concerns in its supervisory reports to ­Kvammen emergency institution. It was difficult to see how Kvammen had endeavoured to follow up the county governor's reports. Agder behandling ungdom (institution for adolescents), Furuly department 12–14 March 2018 Furuly is is a public child welfare institution and is one of Agder behandling ungdom’s three departments. The institution has three places and receives young people, including youth who have been placed there without their consent. Due to few placements over the past year and many new or recently revised routines and procedures, the NPM had a limited basis for assessing the institution’s practices. On that account, the report did not go into detail in certain areas that are usually investigated during visits to child welfare ­institutions. Upon arrival, the staff went through the luggage with the youth. The NPM underlined that if a search is to be carried out, an administrative decision must be made beforehand. This must be explained to the resident who can choose whether to be present, and a use-of-force record must be kept.