opcat inspections 2011–2014 Ombudsmen stated that very serious consequences can result from incorrectly assessing the state of health of a person in custody. In this case, the Parliamentary Ombudsman criticised the police because the woman was not attended to in the manner that would have been routine for a diabetic and because the personnel did not have the training required in order to undertake the supervisory duties incumbent on them.6 Access to healthcare for inmates in police detention facilities will continue to be an important matter for the Parliamentary Ombudsman to monitor in connection with inspections of police detention facilities. The Swedish Prison and Probation Service General background One of the Swedish Prison and Probation Service’s tasks is to enforce the punishments decided by the courts. Of the Prison and Probation Service’s approximately 4 500 ordinary prison places, about 280 are places specifically for women, and there are 6 women’s prisons. The prisons are divided into three security classifications, with classification 1 being the highest. In September 2014, the average occupancy rate in prisons was 84 per cent. The Prison and Probation Service has remand operations at over thirty remand prisons. Some remand prisons have special sections for women and young persons under the age of 21.7 Several remand prisons are in the same location as the police and in a number of locations, the Prison and Probation Service and the police have cooperation agreements8 that involve people who are apprehended, in custody and under arrest are taken care of by the Prison and Probation Service in the remand prison’s premises. For a very long time, the Parliamentary Ombudsmen has been conducting regular inspections of the Prison and Probation Service, particularly its prisons. As part of its remit as National Preventive Mechanism, the Parliamentary Ombudsmen has inspected 23 remand prisons and 8 prisons, two of which are women’s prisons.9 For 18 remand prisons and 3 prisons, it was the first time that they had received a visit from the Parliamentary Ombudsmen. A total of 10 enquiries10 have been initiated in response to observations made during these inspections. Since inspections have been taking place for a long time and the Parliamentary Ombudsmen has also made decisions in a very large number of complaints cases, there is an abundance of decisions that provide support to 6 Ref. no. 5244-2011 (JO 2012/13 p. 158) 7 Helsingborg Remand Prison (women’s section), Malmö Remand Prison (young person’s section). 8 Stockholm, (Kronoberg), Uppsala, Östersund and from 1 February 2015 Göteborg. 9 Färingsö Prison and Ljustadalen Prison. 10 See p. 59 27