isolation of individuals held on remand 94 that the detailed meaning is only stated in the Prison and Probation Service’s regulations, as is currently the case for prisoners in a prison. Nor is it acceptable that such provisions are completely lacking for remand prisons. Until now, in some cases, remand prisoners have been denied this right in entirely, or some remand prisoners have significantly less access to associating with others compared to inmates in other remand prisons or in a prison. The Remand Prisons Act must be supplemented with provisions on inmates’ rights to isolationbreaking measures In the report following the government inquiry, the Remand Prison and Restriction Inquiry, there is a proposal that the Remand Prisons Act (2010:611) should include a provision stating that adults held with restrictions should always be entitled to a minimum of two hours’ association with another individual every day. The Chief Parliamentary Ombudsman shares this view of the need for such regulation, but points out that remand prisoners placed in segregation should have the right to isolation-breaking measures. On the basis of the UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners, two hours of isolation-breaking measures are exactly the limit where an inmate is considered to be isolated. In order to reduce such a risk for inmates, the Chief Parliamentary Ombudsman holds the view that the minimum requirements in the Swedish prison and remand regimes should be set higher. According to the CPT, the objective should be to give all inmates the opportunity to spend at least eight hours a day outside their cell and, in this context, to participate in purposeful activities of a varying nature. This view should be taken into account – in the Chief Parliamentary Ombudsman’s view – in a future legislative framework.