MONITORING PLACES OF DETENTION : A PRACTICAL GUIDE 90 The recommendations or corrective measures proposed should include a time factor: those which can be applied in the short term, the medium term, and the long term. These deadlines must be realistic and follow logically from the presentation of the problem. 5.2.2 Writing a global report In addition to, or instead of visit reports, a visiting body can decide to produce analytical reports, an annual report or both. Analytical report The visiting mechanism can decide to draw up reports following a series of visits over a given period. Such a strategy enables the visiting mechanism to adopt a more comprehensive and analytical view of the issues that have arisen during the monitoring. A more thematic approach can also be chosen to focus on a limited selection of issues of particular concern. Analysing several visits to several places assists in identifying a pattern of problems or violations. It can also highlight a whole spectrum of root causes of problems in places of detention. The recommendations can then address the different actors who need to intervene to address these causes, which may be external to the prison or Ministry (i.e., legislation, sentencing policy, provision of staff training). Analytical reports can complement the visit reports on which they are based. Annual report The visiting mechanism can also decide to produce an annual report on its monitoring activities. The content of the annual report can vary from one domestic body