54 other ombudsman decisions of importance to the rights of persons deprived of their liberty sible. Against this background, the Parliamentary Ombudsman considered it unacceptable to allow the individual to spend five days in the police cell while awaiting transport, and the police should have acted more vigorously to shorten this period.25 The issue of detaining people taken into custody in a remand prisons during transport was also relevant in a case involving a 17-year old who had been taken into custody pursuant to the LVU. The Parliamentary Ombudsman’s decision gave a reminder that children and young people should only be placed in a remand prison in connection with transport if there are pressing reasons such as a longer distance forcing an overnight stop. In the decision, the Parliamentary Ombudsman criticised the Prison and Probation Service’s transport service26 for having planned the transport in such a way that the person taken into custody was forced to spend the night in a remand prison. The Parliamentary Ombudsman also pointed to the importance of asking persons taken into custody who are temporarily in a remand prison if they want to make an “arrival call” and of documenting these measures.27 The issue of placement in a remand prison has also arisen in connection with the transport of prison inmates.28 When being moved between two prisons, an inmate was placed in a remand prison for eight days. The Parliamentary Ombudsman found there to be legal support for temporarily placing a prison inmate in a remand prison, but noted that eight days exceeds what is acceptable. Another case highlighted the issue of the placement of an inmate in conjunction with transport. The inmate was placed in a prison, but in an isolation section. According to the Parliamentary Ombudsman, the principal rule gives a person who is a prison inmate or who, in connection with transport is temporarily placed in a remand prison, the opportunity to associate other prisoners. If a prison or a remand prison assesses that the inmate cannot associate with other prisoners, a decision must be made in writing for the inmate to be placed in isolation. The decision directed serious criticism at a prison that had routinely placed inmates being transported in isolation without making a decision on the matter in writing.29 25 Ref. no. 5182-2013 26 Now the Prison and Probation Service’s transport planning unit. 27 Ref. no. 6939-2012 28 Ref. no. 2346-2013 29 Ref. no. 6878-2012