71 A prisoner lodged a com­ plaint with the Ombudsman about a refusal of condi­ tional release after he had served two-thirds of his sentence. Such a refusal can be brought before the courts. The Ombudsman informed the prisoner of the opportunity to take the matter into court and then closed the case. The Ombudsman cannot consider complaints about the courts. It is also his established practice not to consider cases with partic­ ularly easy access to court processing – irrespective of whether this access has been exploited. In connection with a monitoring visit to Aalborg Psychiatric Hospital, the Ombudsman became aware that the hospital had laid down some rules on restrictions and measures in relation to the individual patient. Among other things, patients could only leave the hospital with the permission of hospital staff. The Ombudsman asked the Psychiatric Department of the North Denmark Region to explain the legal basis for these restrictions on the patients, who had been admitted voluntarily rather than compulsorily admitted pursuant to the Act concerning Depri­ vation of Liberty and Other Compulsion in Psychiatric Care. The Ombudsman pointed out that the Psychiatric Care Act exhaustively states to what extent deprivation of liberty is permitted at psychiatric wards. He asked the Psychiatric De­ partment to ensure that the provisions of the Act concerning deprivation of liberty are fully observed. The Parliamentary Ombudsman carries out monitoring visits to, for instance, psychiatric wards. During monitoring visits, attention is also paid to the issue of compliance with the rules of the Psychiatric Care Act.