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the national board of institutional care
that the majority of the National Board of Institutional Care’s premises are
worn, cramped and originally not designed for custodial care, the physical
environment will continue to be in focus in OPCAT’s work.
Finally, it can be stated that during the inspections in 2018 of the special residential homes for young people Johannisberg and Sundbo, the fact that young
people cared in accordance with the Care of Young Persons Act (1990:52)
and young people serving a sentence pursuant to the Secure Youth Care Act
(1998:603) are often cared for together was highlighted. Following the inspections, the Parliamentary Ombudsman stated that this issue will be followed
up on in future inspections. At the dialogue meeting between the Parliamentary Ombudsman and the National Board of Institutional Care in October
2019, it emerged that it intends to investigate whether there are conditions to
differentiate between these categories of young people in the future. There is
reason for the Parliamentary Ombudsman to follow this issue during next
year’s inspections.
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