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npm annual report 2016 /observations and recommendations
• Renovations are not considered unexpected exceptional circumstances that
would justify limiting the right of persons deprived of their liberty to outdoor
exercise (Imatra).
• Cells do not usually get natural light
and do not often have TV and electrical
sockets.
• A cell did not have a call button (Espoo).
The Deputy-Ombudsman
recommended that the
police prison should avoid
using the cell unless it can
provide continuous monitoring.
• The cells for intoxicated persons did not
have call buttons (Åland).
Comment: The Åland police has notified that it will install call buttons in the
cells.
• Renovated cells intended for remand
prisoners did not have proper storage
facilities for property (e.g. clothes) and food, and some of the property had to be
kept on the floor. There was no place for hanging up clean laundry to dry in the
cell, and no other place had been designated for the purpose (Vantaa).
The Deputy-Ombudsman recommended that the police prison
should consider adding storage solutions to the cells so that, for
example, food items would not have to be stored on the floor. He
also recommended that the police prison should arrange a space
for drying clothes.
• The toilets of cells for remand prisoners did not have hand-held showers (Vantaa).
The Deputy-Ombudsman recommended that police prisons
should pay particular attention to female remand prisoners’ need
to maintain their personal hygiene and provide them with an opportunity to shower more frequently.
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