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the national board of institutional care
taken.32 Conversely, there is no obligation to offer a follow-up conversation if
a young person is the subject of a coercive measure during a transportation
with judicial assistance. It may, for example, be a decision on a body search or
use of restraints. The Parliamentary Ombudsman saw the initiative as positive and requested that the management of the home respond detailing the
measures taken on the matter following the inspection and what results these
had given.33
In its response, the National Board of Institutional Care stated that, for a few
months, the management of the special residential home for young people
Johannisberg had followed up on how the young people who come to the
home had been transported. This was conducted within the framework of
its weekly self-monitoring. It was not clear whether the details that emerged
were then sent to the agencies responsible for the transportation with judicial assistance, i.e. the Prison and Probation Service or the Police Authority.
In the Parliamentary Ombudsman’s view, an account of the young people’s
experiences could improve the performance of assisted transportations and,
therefore, prevent individuals deprived of their liberty from being subjected
to unnecessary violations. The Parliamentary Ombudsman recommended
that the National Board of Institutional Care considers introducing a routine
for following up how assisted transportations have been conducted at its
other institutions.34
5.4 Dialogue meeting with the National Board of
Institutional Care
In October 2019, the Parliamentary Ombudsman held a dialogue meeting
with representatives of the National Board of Institutional Care. The meeting
was attended by, inter alia, the Director General of the agency.35
Occupancy situation at the National Board of Institutional Care’s
special residential homes for young people and special residential
homes for the care of substance abusers
For a long time, the Parliamentary Ombudsmen have observed that, at times,
the National Board of Institutional Care has had difficulty in arranging places
in its institutions.36
At the dialogue meeting in October 2019, the management of the National
Board of Institutional Care stated that the occupancy situation was good in
both juvenile and substance abuse care. During the past year, there have been
32 See Section 20 c the Care of Young Persons Act (1990:52) and Section 18 c the Secure Youth Care Act (1998:603).
33 See the Parliamentary Ombudsmen’s report p. 19, ref. no. 6204-2018.
34 See the Parliamentary Ombudsmen’s decision of 13 December 2019, ref. no. O 12-2019.
35 See the Parliamentary Ombudsmen’s report, ref. no. O 55-2019.
36 See for example the Parliamentary Ombudsmen 2015/16 p. 434 and the Parliamentary Ombudsmen 2017/18 p. 458.
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