48 criminal sanctions • The staff attend workshops on prisoner induction. • Arrangements for unsupervised visits have been improved by changing the booking process, and the cancellation rate of visits is also actively monitored. • Access to exercise and the use of the gym has been increased and new exercise equipment has been purchased. A new, permanent role has been established for managing the prisoners’ exercise activities. • Guidelines have been issued on the use of isolation cells. The detention and transportation facilities of persons deprived of their liberty at Helsinki District Court • Attention was drawn to drawings on the cell walls, which gave the space an unkempt feel, as well as the persistent smell of cigarettes. The Deputy-Ombudsman found that the cells should be kept in better repair by, for example, more frequent repainting. He also suggested, for consideration, that at least one cell be reserved for non-smokers, in which smoking is prohibited. • There were additional smaller holding cells on different floors, which were used only when the cell unit were full. These back-up cells did not have alarm systems and at least one did not have a working light. The Deputy-Ombudsman stated that these back-up cells were very small, even when taking into account that the persons deprived of their liberty would stay in these cells for short periods of time only, and they were used only occasionally. He stressed that it is always necessary to have an alarm system in all cells, including those intended for short-term accommodation, and even if the person deprived of their liberty is monitored from outside the cell. The lights in reserve cells should also be in working order. • The room reserved for detainees and their legal counsel was divided into two with a partition, the upper half of which was made of plexiglass. According to the Deputy-Ombudsman, meetings between a detainee and their legal counsel should, as a rule, be arranged in rooms where they are not separated by plexiglass. The Deputy-Ombudsman found it problematic that there was only one room for the meetings. He also found that it was unclear regarding the facilities at the District Court, whether they were governed by the criteria laid down in the Imprisonment Act and the Remand Imprisonment Act on the conditions and supervision of meetings with the legal counsel.