the opcat unit 12 their liberty, • contribute to dialogues with competent authorities, and • report on the activity. Currently it is the ombudsmen’s responsibility to fulfil the NPM role. The locations to be inspected, within the framework of this role, have been identified by the Parliamentary Ombudsmen as primarily being prison establishments, remand prisons, police custody facilities, establishments for compulsory psychiatric care and forensic psychiatric care, the Swedish Migration Agency’s detention centres and the National Board of Institutional care (SiS)’s Care of Young Persons Act (LVM) residential homes and special juvenile homes, Care of Abuser Act (LVU) residential homes.1 In the Parliamentary Ombudsmen’s rules of procedure the ombudsmen’s supervision is divided into four areas of responsibility. Even though all ombudsmen shall fulfil the NPM role, this division means that it is primarily the ombudsmen with responsibility for areas 2–4 that fulfil the role. This division takes the following form: • Area of responsibility 2: prison establishments, remand prisons and establishments for compulsory psychiatric care and forensic psychiatric care. • Area of responsibility 3: SiS LVM and LVU residential homes. • Area of responsibility 4: police custody facilities and the Migration Agency’s detention premises. A special OPCAT unit has been established at the Parliamentary Ombudsmen and, in terms of organisation, abides under the Chief Parliamentary Ombudsmen. The unit’s task is to assist the Parliamentary Ombudsmen in their NPM work. The unit consists of a head of unit, a deputy head of unit, four legal advisers and a medical expert. Area of responisibility 1 Area of responsibility 2 Area of responsibility 3 Area of responsibility 4 Opcat unit 1 head of unit 1 ass. head of unit 4 legal advisors 1 medical expert 1 Certain LVU residential homes have accommodated placements for juveniles who have been sentenced to special youth care (LSU placements).