isolation of individuals held on remand 93 and Probation Service to introduce a system that makes it possible to follow the isolation-breaking work over time. In a 2018 report, the Prison and Probation Service determined that the data provided by the current measurements is sufficient in providing an approximate picture of the extent of the use of isolation-breaking measures at a national level. The Chief Parliamentary Ombudsman again raised the issue of a planning and follow-up tool at the dialogue meeting in March 2019 with representatives of the Prison and Probation Service. According to the representatives of the Prison and Probation Service, it wants to develop and introduce a central support system for the use of isolation-breaking measures. A reasonable estimate was stated that it would take approximately five years from the start of the project until there is a functioning system in place. In the decision in February 2020, the Chief Parliamentary Ombudsman states that the shortcomings in the Prison and Probation Service’s measurements of the use of isolation-breaking measures make it difficult for it to follow the work that takes place at the local level to break the isolation of inmates held on remand. Additionally, the measurements cannot be used for comparisons on a general level. This means that the measurements become almost useless. In the view of the Chief Parliamentary Ombudsman, a continuous recording of the extent to which inmates benefit from isolation-breaking measures is necessary in order for the Prison and Probation Service to be able to follow the work over time and for the agency’s staff to be able to notice and draw attention to inmates who are at risk of being isolated. For this reason, it is very important that the Prison and Probation Service has a system support in place and that it is used correctly. In the view of the Chief Parliamentary Ombudsman, the estimated introduction time of a support system of five years appears to be unacceptable. The need for legislative amendments to, inter alia, the Remand Prisons Act In the view of the Chief Parliamentary Ombudsman, there needs to be a review of, inter alia, the Remand Prisons Act (2010:611) in order to clarify the right for inmates to associate with others and to prevent isolation. A first necessary measure, in the view of the Chief Parliamentary Ombudsman, is the introduction of a legal definition of association in both the Remand Prisons Act (2010:611) and Prisons Act (2010:610). A reasonable premise is that association is given the meaning that an inmate is spends time with several other inmates. In order for the right of association with others to be meaningful, the legislation also requires information on the extent to which an inmate has the right to associate with other inmates on a daily basis. Since this is a fundamental right, in the view of the Chief Parliamentary Ombudsman, it is not sufficient The Prison and Probation Service must have a national support system to enables it to follow the work with the use of isolationbreaking measures