NORWEGIAN PARLIAMENTARY OMBUDSMAN National Preventive Mechanism 26 27 USE OF RESTRAINT BEDS IN NORWEGIAN PRISONS Total Scope per Year 2013–2018 Scope of the Use of Restraints per Prison 2013–2018 THE NUMBER OF TIMES RESTRAINT BEDS HAVE BEEN USED IN NORWEGIAN PRISONS. USE OF RESTRAINT BEDS IN THE PERIOD 2013–2018 NUMBER OF PRISONS total of on times persons NUMBER OF RESTRAINTS 82 51 8 20 13 12 16 13 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Duration 39 of the times restraint belts were used, they were used for longer than 10 hours The longest time someone spent in a restraint bed was 3 days and 19,5 hours 12 13 of the times restraint belts were used, they were used for longer than 19 hours In several prisons, inmates were placed in restraints for approximately 40hours of the incidents of restraints were of unknown duration Gender 33 % 27 out of 82 times restraint beds were used in the period 2013–2018, the inmate was a woman. 6% The total number of female inmates in this period has been approx. 6%. 5,5x Between 2013 and 2018, female inmates were placed in restraints 5.5 times as often as male inmates.