Special Report to the Storting Document 4:3 (2018–2019) 14 1.3 Analysis and follow-up On the basis of analyses and findings, the Parliamentary Ombudsman issues a report and recommendations to the place that was visited concerning changes that should be implemented to reduce the risk of torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or ­punishment for those deprived of their liberty. Prisons that have been visited are given a deadline for ­reporting to the Parliamentary Ombudsman on how the ­recommendations have been followed up. and day survey records of less than eight hours spent outside the cell per day during the period 2015–2018. ›› Number of administrative decisions on the use of security cells and restraint beds during the period 2008–2018, and information about the duration of such decisions during the period 2013–2018. ›› Number of administrative decisions and duration of isolation pursuant to Section 186a of the Criminal Procedure Act during the period 2001–2018. The risk of torture or inhuman treatment is influenced by factors such as legal and institutional frameworks, physical conditions, training, resources, management and institutional culture.3 Effective prevention work therefore requires a broad approach that does not exclusively focus on whether the situation is in ­compliance with Norwegian law. ›› Exclusion of minors for more than three and five days, respectively during the period 2014–2018. 1.4 Collection of information for this special report Total figures were also requested on complete or partial exclusion from the company of other inmates for the period 2014–2018, but reliable figures are not available. In connection with the preparation of this report, information has been collected in the form of figures and other written information from the Directorate of the Norwegian Correctional Service, the Directorate of Health and the supervisory councils for the prisons. Information obtained from the Directorate of the Norwegian Correctional Service includes an overview of administrative decisions on exclusions and the use of security cells, isolation by court order and day surveys on the number of hours spent in the company of other inmates: ›› Number of administrative decisions and duration of complete exclusion pursuant to Section 37 of the Execution of Sentences Act during the period September–December 2018. ›› Number of administrative decisions on prolonged exclusions during the period 2015–2018. 15 ›› Number of transfers for observation/overnight stays in mental health care institutions pursuant to Section 13 of the Execution of Sentences Act during the period 2014–2018. NPM conducting a visit. The Directorate of the Norwegian Correctional Service has described known and potential sources of error ­associated with the figures.4 The Parliamentary Ombudsman also detected a number of weaknesses related to the figures, and supplementary data were ­obtained. It has also emerged that some types of isolation are not based on administrative decisions or documented in a way that makes it possible to get an overview of the actual situation. The figures used in this report must therefore be understood to be minimum estimates. We also requested figures fromthe Directorate of Health on the number of transfers from the Correctional Service to the healthcare services, and on the duration of inmates’ stays in psychiatric inpatient wards. The Directorate stated that it had no available statistics to show this, and that it did not know whether such statistics were available at the municipal level or from the regional health trusts.5 ›› Day survey records of less than two hours spent outside the cell per day during the period 2012–2018, 3 4 5 The UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT): The approach of the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture to the concept of prevention of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment under the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, 30 December 2010 CAT/OP/12/6. Directorate of the Norwegian Correctional Service, Reply to query from the Parliamentary Ombudsman concerning the need for information for the special report to the Storting, letter of 20 February 2019 to the Parliamentary Ombudsman. Directorate of Health, Reply to query from the Parliamentary Ombudsman concerning isolation and lack of association with other inmates in prisons, letter of 11 February 2019 to the Parliamentary Ombudsman. Cell door.