134 ANNUAL REPORT 2015 The Ombudsman found it regrettable that the investigation carried out by the prison and the Department of the Prison and Probation Service into the inmate’s death had been insufficient. In his assessment, the Ombudsman emphasised that cases involving deaths at Prison and Probation Service institutions are of such a serious nature that considerable demands must be made regarding the extent of the investigations and the guaranteed correctness of the relevant information. 2015-18. Consultation responses disclosed according to the principle of increased access to public records A journalist asked the Ministry of Justice for access to the consultation responses on a bill, No. L 72, on amendments to the Aliens Act (Temporary protection status for certain foreign nationals and refusal of substantive processing of asylum applications when the applicant has been granted protective status in another EU country, etc.). The Ministry granted the journalist access in accordance with the request. However, the Ministry did exempt eight consultation responses from seven different ministries with reference to section 24(1)(ii) of the Access to Public Administration Files Act regarding documents exchanged between various ministries at a time when there is specific reason to assume that a minister has or will have a need for advice and assistance from the Civil Service. The Ministry of Justice did not find that the exempted consultation responses contained any information that was subject to extraction duty, and the Ministry did not find any grounds for granting the journalist access on the basis of the principle of increased access to records. The journalist then complained to the Ombudsman about the decision and pointed out, among other things, in his complaint that the Ministry of Justice in his opinion ought to have given him the relevant consultation responses in accordance with section 14(1) of the Access to Public Administration Files Act regarding the principle of increased access to records. In connection with the processing of the case, the Ombudsman asked the Ministry of Justice for a supplementary statement with more details of its deliberations concerning the question of increased access to records.