PART 2The Prison Ombudsman For Northern Ireland

The Ombudsman

Main functions of Ombudsman34

The main functions of the Ombudsman are—

(a)

dealing with complaints (see sections 35 and 36);

(b)

investigating deaths in custody (see sections 37 and 38);

(c)

carrying out other investigations at the request of the Department (see sections 39 and 40) or on the Ombudsman’s own initiative (see sections 41 and 42).