opcat inspections in 2019
March 2020. The intention is for the Parliamentary Ombudsmen to hold such
forum meetings twice a year.
2.2 Places where individuals are deprived of their
liberty
At the end of 2019, individuals were deprived of their liberty at, inter alia, the
following places:
• 45 prisons with approximately 4,500 places (the Prison and Probation
Service)
• 32 remand prisons with approximately 2,200 places (the Prison and Probation Service)
• 124 police custody facilities with approximately 1,300 places (the Police
Authority)
• 23 special residential homes for young people with approximately 700
places (the National Board of Institutional Care)
• 11 special residential homes for substance abusers with approximately 400
places (the National Board for Institutional Care)
• At least 80 institutions for compulsory psychiatric care and forensic psychiatric care with approximately 4,000 places (Regions)
• 6 migration detention centres with 528 places (the Swedish Migration
Agency)
The figures presented above are based partly on estimates and include only
permanent places. Compared with the latest OPCAT report, the number of
places has increased in the Swedish Migration Agency’s detention centres.
The strained occupancy situation within the Prison and Probation Service has
led to work within the agency to create different types of temporary places.
Such places are not included in the enumeration above.
2.3 Inspections and dialogue meetings
In 2019, the OPCAT Unit conducted 29 inspections and held nine dialogue
meetings. In selecting the objects for inspection, the theme domestic transportation of individuals deprived of their liberty was an important factor.
Furthermore, at the beginning of the year the Parliamentary Ombudsmen
started an own-initiative inquiry into the occupancy situation within the
prison and remand prison regime. This own-initiative inquiry required a
reprioritisation of the OPCAT inspections to be carried out. During this owninitiative inquiry, the Parliamentary Ombudsmen carried out ten targeted
inspections of, inter alia, remand prisons.
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