14 npm annual report 2016 / activities In the field of criminal sanctions, reports on visits have been published in full on public websites. All visit reports are sent for information to the Central Administration of the Criminal Sanctions Agency, the management of the criminal sanctions region in question and the Ministry of Justice. The central and regional administration are also often requested to notify the measures taken due to the observations. The Parliamentary Ombudsman, in turn, receives the reports drawn up on the facilities visited as part of the internal oversight of legality in the criminal sanctions field. In 2016, the Deputy-Ombudsman visited the Central Administration of the Criminal Sanctions Agency to discuss the situation of remand prisoners, facility projects and certain issues concerning the restraint of prisoners. In the most problematic prisons (Riihimäki and Mikkeli), a representative from the relevant Region Centre was invited to participate in the final discussion of the visit. The Director General of the Criminal Sanctions Agency was invited to participate in a meeting held at one of the prisons to discuss observations made during visits and matters that had emerged from complaints against the prison in question (Riihimäki). The topics discussed included the distance between prisoners and staff, atmosphere problems, the insufficiency of facilities for unsupervised visits, long periods between visits, the cancellation of activities, the closed conditions of students, tight schedules (overlapping activities), limited leisure-time activities, the issuance of decisions concerning the possession of property, and access to the library. A meeting was also held with Kriminaalihuollon tukisäätiö (Krits), a nationwide non-governmental non-profit aftercare organisation, with a view to begin exchanging information and learn about the work of the organisation’s Ombudsman Office for Offenders. Krits visits approximately 10 prisons each year. Thus, it gains plenty of information on the treatment, conditions and health care of prisoners. Since the meeting, Krits has provided the NPM with valuable information before its visits to prisons on the problems that prisoners and their families have reported about the institution in question. Krits, in turn, has been given copies of reports on visits to prisons and outpatient clinics. In the health care sector, collaboration partners include the National Supervisory Authority for Welfare and Health (Valvira) and regional state administrative agencies (AVI). Before visits, the competent regional state administrative agency is regularly contacted to receive information on its observations about the facility in question. Moreover, the Office of the Parliamentary Ombudsman, Valvira and regional state administrative agencies try to organise a cooperation meeting once a year. The last meeting was held in June 2016. The agenda included the flow of information between the supervisory authorities, collaboration in the supervision of psychiatric hospitals as well as the division of powers and duties in the supervision of prisoners’ health care. Since the beginning of 2016, Valvira and the regional state administrative agencies have also been responsible for supervising the organisation of prisoners’ health care. In practice, the supervision tasks have been centralised and assigned to AVI Northern Finland, which conducts guidance and assessment visits to the Prisoners’ Health Care Unit independently or together with Valvira. In 2016, the target of 12 visits was achieved. Supervision plans and reports on visits are sent to the Parliamentary Ombudsman for information. In turn, the Ombudsman sends its own supervision plans and reports for information to Valvira and the regional state administrative agency. In March 2016, legal advisers from the Office of the Parliamentary Ombudsman visited Valvira to agree on collaboration in the supervision of prisoners’ health care. Representatives of AVI Northern Finland participated in the discussion via Skype.