OVERVIE W OF THE INVESTIGATIONS BY OPC AT UNIT IN THE SPRING AND SUMMER OF 2020 1 Table 1.1. Inspected establishments Agency Establishment Method The Prison and Probation Service Färingsö remand prison Questionnaire (inmates) The Prison and Probation Service Kronoberg remand prison Questionnaire (inmates) and video meetings (staff ) The Prison and Probation Service Beateberg prison Questionnaire (inmates) and video meetings (staff ) The Prison and Probation Service Färingsö prison Questionnaire (inmates) The Prison and Probation Service Hall prison Questionnaire (inmates) and video meetings (staff ) The Prison and Probation Service Svartsjö prison Questionnaire (inmates) The Swedish Migration Agency Flen detention centre Video meetings (detainees and staff ) The Swedish Migration Agency Märsta detention centre Video meetings (detainees and staff ) The National Board of Forensic Medicine Psychiatric Examination Division in Göteborg Questionnaire (patients) and telephone meetings (staff ) The National Board of Forensic Medicine Psychiatric Examination Division in Stockholm Questionnaire (patients) and interviews outside the division (staff ) The National Board of Institutional Care Tysslinge special residential home for young people Outdoor interviews (residents and staff ) The National Board of Institutional Care Hornö special residential home for substance abusers Outdoor interviews (residents and staff ) For further information regarding the inspections, see Appendix B. Within the framework of these investigations, a total of eleven inspections were carried out. The Parliamentary Ombudsman sent out 200 questionnaires to inmates in prisons and remand prisons. 145 inmates responded to the questionnaire, which gives a response rate of 72 per cent. All 28 patients at the National Board of Forensic Medicine were given the opportunity to respond to a similar questionnaire. Of these patients, 18 responded, which gives a response rate of 64 per cent. The Parliamentary Ombudsmen’s investigations began by each Parliamentary Ombudsman holding initial meetings with representatives of the agency under inspection. All investigations were then concluded by the Parliamentary Ombudsman holding meetings with the Director-General of the agency under inspection. 1.3 Overview of the operations of the agencies under investigation According to the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB), “vital societal functions” is a collective term for the activities, facilities, nodes, infrastructures and services that are of vital importance in upholding important societal functions within a sector of society.6 These functions are conducted by a large number of private and public actors. In their investigations, the Parliamentary Ombudsmen have established that the relevant agencies are conducting vital societal functions. Together, the Prison and Probation Service, the Swedish Migration Agency, the National Board of Forensic Medicine and the National 6 See the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency, Guidance for the identification of socially important activities (2019), p. 7. –9–