the national board of institutional care special residential home for young people should not be placed routinely in a so-called intake area on arrival and that no one may be placed in separate care without the criteria for this being met. However, there are still no rules regarding what level of staff presence is adequate at an intake area or other department.41 The issue of conditions when individuals are placed in small intake areas at the National Board of Institutional Care’s institutions or in connection with separate care will, therefore, continue to be of interest to follow in the coming years. During the inspection of the special residential home for young people Långanäs in October 2019, the Parliamentary Ombudsman noted that the care in a treatment department presupposed that the young individuals were placed in separate care. The periods of care at the department have been very long in some cases, a year or more, and in conversations with staff it emerged that the activities and conditions there can be compared to a special residential home for individuals in accordance with the Support and Service for Persons with Certain Functional Impairments Act (1993:387). During the inspection, questions were raised concerning how the National Board of Institutional Care applies the provisions on separate care, and the Parliamentary Ombudsman will follow up on these questions during an inspection of the special residential home for young people Brättegården. In this context, it is of additional interest to shed light on the activities at certain special residential homes for individuals in accordance with the Support and Service for Persons with Certain Functional Impairments Act (1993:387). Shortcomings in the premises used for separate care and segregation at the National Board of Institutional Care’s institutions can lead to difficult demarcations for staff. It results in, for example, staff physically restraining individuals through pinning them down instead of taking them to a segregation room. This has emerged from the OPCAT inspections of the special residential homes for young people Vemyra and Långanäs. During the year, the Parliamentary Ombudsman directed very serious criticism at the National Board of Institutional Care due to an incident of when a young person was pinned down at the special residential home for young people Tysslinge.42 There is reason to continue to follow this issue during OPCAT inspections in the coming years. The National Board of Institutional Care’s review of its premises shows that many institutions are very worn and that the premises are not adequately designed or set up for their purpose. It is positive that it now uses standarddesigned residential departments for new constructions. Hopefully, this can contribute to more predictability in the National Board of Institutional Care’s operations dealing with individuals deprived of their liberty. Due to the fact 41 See the Parliamentary Ombudsmen’s report p. 8, ref. no. O 55-2019. 42 See the Parliamentary Ombudsmen’s decision of 29 November 2019, ref. no. 6774-2017. 67