39. – Such a body might include people with direct experience of working in prisons at a senior level; 39. – It should also include people with specialized knowledge in matters such as health care, education, work, etc.; 39. – To ensure further competence of this body, local non-governmental organizations should be given the opportunity to bring any relevant matters to its attention; 39. – It is essential that the independent body should have complete access to all the prison establishments and be able to speak in confidence to prisoners and to individual staff; 39. – It is probably advisable to set a fixed term of office for the head of the independent body. 132