The Contrôleur général wished to know the observations of the director of the interregional department of prison services on the information given in the response of the head of the institution, and in particular on the soundness of electronic cigarettes in his institution. A reminder of the provisions of the notice from the prisons administration department dated 11 August 2014, which authorises the purchase of electronic cigarettes in detention, was sent to the head of the institution. Another detainee had informed the CGLPL of the impossibility of purchasing electronic cigarettes from the canteen of the prison in which he was incarcerated. The administration department of the institution was therefore informed of this and in reply, stated that the presented models had USB ports and could constitute security problems. It therefore wished to study alternative possibilities (such as single-use models), while specifying that a discussion was in progress with the private service provider to offer them on sale in the canteen as soon as possible. By a letter dated 8 August 2015, the Contrôleur général was informed that single-use electronic cigarettes were now on sale in the canteen, and that the selected model was validated and the first canteen vouchers had been distributed in the prison. 68