6 Restrictions on visits and leave ....................................................................................................................40
6.1 Opportunities to receive visits .......................................................................................................40
6.2 Opportunities for leave ...................................................................................................................45
6.3 Consequences of the restrictions imposed ...................................................................................46
6.4 Compensatory measures .................................................................................................................50
6.5 The significance of the Public Health Agency of Sweden’s assessments ...................................51
7 Other issues ....................................................................................................................................................54
7.1 Convicted persons presenting themselves at prisons and other new prison admissions .......54
7.2 Access to healthcare in prisons and remand prisons ..................................................................55
7.3 The actions of prison and remand prison staff ............................................................................56
7.4 A former migration detainee who died of Covid-19 ..................................................................57
8 Summary of the Ombudsmen’s conclusions ..............................................................................................60
8.1 Shortcomings in the agencies’ preparations .................................................................................60
8.2 The possibilities of separating inmates in order to counteract the spread of infection ..........61
8.3 Physical distance ..............................................................................................................................63
8.4 Prisoners belonging to an at-risk group .......................................................................................63
8.5 Inmates’ contact with the outside world .......................................................................................64
8.6 Information for inmates ..................................................................................................................64
Appendices ..........................................................................................................................................................67
A. Questionnaire for inmates in prisons ....................................................................................................68
B. Inspections in the spring of 2020 concerning Covid-19 .....................................................................75
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