npm annual report 2016 / other activities In connection with the rights of persons with disabilities, the Ombudsman issued a statement to the Constitutional Law Committee on a government bill on special care for people with disabilities (HE 96/2015 vp). The purpose of the amendment is to reinforce the right to self-determination of persons in special care and to reduce the use of restrictive measures. The provisions entered into force in June 2016. 4.2 Own-initiative investigations and decisions issued on them The Ombudsman ordered that three Helsinki District Court judges and the director of Metsälä detention unit be prosecuted for negligent breach of official duty. The charge is based on their failure to process decisions to keep foreigners taken in custody in isolation as required by the law. This came to light as the Ombudsman visited the detention unit in December 2014. The Deputy-Ombudsman initiated an own-initiative investigation on electroshock weapon use by the police. In his decision on the matter, he proposed that the National Police Board prepare guidelines on electroshock weapon use. Attention should also be paid to the quality of training – including in-service training – and its supervision. The possibilities of recording electroshock weapon use by a camera should, additionally, be examined and assessed. These aspects are significant for the legal protection of a person against whom coercive measures are used and also an individual police officer. Initial reports on electroshock weapon use were presented to the Deputy-Ombudsman in connection with a visit to the National Police Board. In connection with a visit to a police prison, it was found that the prison continues using a so-called restraint bed that the CPT had criticised on its visit in 2014. The CPT had recommended that the use of the restraint bed be discontinued immediately. In Finland’s response to the CPT, the use of the bed was considered acceptable. The Deputy-Ombudsman launched an own-initiative investigation on this matter and requested information from the National Police Board on the use of the restraint bed and any instructions concerning it. A detoxification centre located beside the police prison was also requested to provide information on how its personnel participate in assessing and monitoring the state of health of a person tied to the restraint bed. The processing of this matter remains unfinished. During the reporting year, the Deputy-Ombudsman asked the National Police Board to submit to him a report on deaths of persons deprived of their liberty in police custody in 2000–2016. A report on whether these cases led to pre-trial investigations, prosecutions or sentences was also requested. Additionally, information on how the police strive to prevent suicides and deaths of persons deprived of their liberty during transport and whether instructions or training on this issue have been 71