80 ANNUAL REPORT 2013 Mentally ill inmates: After a visit to Vestre Hospital, the hospital wing of the state prison Vestre Fængsel, the conditions for mentally ill inmates gave rise to questions. Consequently, the Ombudsman, the Danish Institute for Human Rights and DIGNITY visited the prison again. The Ombudsman subsequently asked the Department of Prisons and Probation and Copenhagen Prisons for a statement on the conditions for mentally ill inmates. The case is pending. Discussions with key authorities Consent forms: Local prisons use different consent forms to obtain and pass on health information about inmates. The issue was taken up during our annual meeting with the Department of Prisons and Probation, which undertook to draw up a standard form of consent. Medicine management: During our annual meeting, the Ombudsman asked the Department of Prisons and Probation whether it would be advisable to lay down guidelines for the management of medicine at halfway houses. The Department will follow up on the matter and inform us about the outcome at our next meeting. Own-initiative cases and requests for statements Drug abuse treatment: After a number of visits to local prisons, the Ombudsman took up a case on his own initiative about inmates’ right to drug abuse treatment in local prisons. The case is pending.