THE PARLIAMENTARY OMBUDSMEN’S INSPEC TIONS OF REMAND PRISONS 2015–2019 8 The Parliamentary Ombudsmen’s inspections of remand prisons 2015–2019 Between 2015 and 2019, the Parliamentary Ombudsmen carried out 31 inspections of the Prison and Probation Service’s remand prisons, of which around a half were unannounced (16). A number of remand prisons have been inspected on several occasions and during the current year, 23 of the Prison and Probation Service’s remand prisons have been inspected. During the inspections, issues such as the extent of isolation were raised. The investigation has had two main tracks. First, establishing to what extent is the Prison and Probation Service able to offer inmates without restrictions association time with others. Second, investigating what isolation-breaking measures the Prison and Probation Service is able to offer to inmates with restrictions or who are placed in segregation. In connection with Chief Parliamentary Ombudsman Elisabeth Rynning taking office in 2016, she started an own-initiative inquiry investigating the issue of isolation of inmates held on remand. As such, in early 2017 a series of seven remand prison inspections focusing on this issue were carried out.1 For a complete account of the inspections carried out, see Appendix A. In this section, observations and statements from the Parliamentary Ombudsmen concerning the issue of iso- Luleå Umeå Östersund Härnösand Inspected 2015 Inspected 2016 Inspected 2017 Inspected 2018 Inspected 2019 Karlstad Uppsala Västerås Örebro Nyköping Linköping Göteborg Jönköping Halmstad 1 See the Parliamentary Ombudsmen’s report dnr 416–419-2107 and 581–5832017. Gävle Falun Växjö Visby Kalmar Karlskrona Malmö – 41 – 8