Estonian 1169 Russian 178 English 20 Other language 3 0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 Figure 13. Distribution of cases by language of petition 7. Inspection visits The Chancellor of Justice is authorised to conduct inspection visits to institutions subject to his supervision. On this basis, the Chancellor may, for example, carry out inspection visits to prisons, military units, police detention centres, expulsion centres, reception or registration centres for asylum seekers, psychiatric hospitals, special care homes, schools for pupils with special educational needs, general care homes, children’s homes and youth homes. The Chancellor as the national preventive mechanism for ill-treatment is obliged to inspect, in addition to national custodial institutions, all other institutions where freedom of individuals may be restricted. Inspection visits are divided into three categories, depending on the agency or institution inspected:  inspection of closed institutions – institutions where individuals are staying involuntarily and where their freedom may be restricted;  inspection of open institutions – institutions where individuals are staying voluntarily (schools, children’s homes);  inspection of administrative authorities – national or local government agencies, in respect of which compliance with good administrative practice is verified. During the reporting year, the Chancellor made 60 inspection visits, of which 22 were to closed institutions, 29 to open institutions, and 9 to administrative authorities (see Table 3). There were 40 unannounced inspection visits. Table 3. Inspection visits conducted by the Chancellor of Justice 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Inspection visits to closed institutions Inspection visits to open institutions Inspection visits to administrative authorities Total inspection visits of which, unannounced inspection visits 19 25 27 33 23 17 22 10 17 6 14 13 24 29 4 7 9 6 8 8 9 33 49 42 53 44 49 60 8 4 13 29 19 26 40 87