Complaint against the Swedish Prison and Probation Service, Högsbo Prison, that a male employee was present when a female inmate provided a urine sample and that the inmate was not permitted to observe the handling of the sample

Summary of the decision: A male employee was present when a female inmate provided a urine sample while naked, without witnessing the sampling itself. The Parliamentary Ombudsman states that under no circumstances should a male prison officer be present during such an examination unless it is completely clear to the inmate that there is no possibility of them seeing them while the sample is being provided. According to the complaint, the inmate believed that the male prison officer had seen her naked. While the Parliamentary Ombudsman does not find adequate cause for criticism, the manner in which the sampling was implemented appears to be less than appropriate.