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Exterior of the Sis Tysslinge Youth Home for Unaccompanied Youth in Trouble. Stock Photography.
The coercive measures that the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare (Sis) imposes on inmates to stop the spread of the infection make the Ombudsman (JO) very hesitant.
In the routine that Sis has developed, prisoners who are feared or confirmed infected with the viral disease covid-19 receive care in private.
JO Thomas Norling has now examined how inmates in LVM homes and special homes for young people are affected by Sis’s measures.
He states that the care in question in private is a coercive measure, not to be used to protect other inmates from infection.
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He is highly skeptical that these provisions can be used in this way and suggests that instead prisoners should be held accountable for their situation and contribute to counteracting the spread of infection by voluntarily keeping separate from other prisoners. says Karl Lorentzon, deputy chief of unit at JO.
Karl Lorentzon emphasizes that a person deprived of liberty always depends on the staff. Therefore, staff must ensure that measures taken to limit the spread of infection are voluntary; the prisoner should not feel obliged to keep away from others.
Difficult situations
– It is clear that there can be difficult compromises, because they can be complex situations in which one can end up. Therefore, JO points to other ways forward, says Karl Lorentzon.
If a situation arises where a covid-infected inmate acts in such a way as to constitute a danger to other inmates, the matter ends in a different situation. The Ombudsman states that it is then a matter of avoiding a potentially dangerous situation that arises in haste.
– Then it may be relevant to involve an infection control doctor who can make a decision about temporary isolation, says Karl Lorentzon.
Limited visits
The Ombudsman has also examined the opportunities for inmates to receive visits and stays outside the departmental area during the corona pandemic and notes that Sis has reconsidered the need for visitation restrictions. Whenever possible, Sis has introduced facilities and allowed visits, which the Ombudsman considers positive.
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