- Very dirty: food stuck on the walls, lots of grime on the ground, rubbish, including leftovers of Sunday morning breakfast (orange juice cartons and biscuit packets), not cleared even by Monday afternoon at 4 p.m. - Stinking - Very hot (almost 35°C) during the recent heat waves, made worse at night by closing the door of the room containing the two custody cells. In addition to the deplorable state of the cell in which I was held for 20 hours, I also wish to report the humiliating and degrading treatment of the two police officers currently in charge of the fingerprinting and DNA recording. In fact, while I always remained polite and correct with all of the officers who I met and I believed that speaking politely is an essential rule in all dialogues, when I made a comment about this matter to one of the aforementioned officers, his attitude changed and led to the following acts: - Shouting out my name in the corridors mockingly, causing hilarity among his colleagues (behaviour that is admissible for children, not police officers). - Refusal to give me a glass of water for several hours despite the unbearable heat, on the grounds that “it’s summer, naturally it’s going to be hot. Suck it up”. - Unjustified refusal to allow me to go to the toilet. - Humiliating and degrading expression towards me, harming by mental integrity. The purpose of taking a person into custody, as defined in Article 62-2 of the criminal procedure code, is not to humiliate and degrade a person, but to allow follow-ups of investigations (in my case, the investigation was limited to a hearing at night). The purpose of this letter is not to paint myself as a victim, but simply to inform you of a situation that I feel is abnormal, and to inform you of the behaviour of the two aforementioned officers, which I feel is abnormal for a police officer.” Testimony of the family of a minor placed in a juvenile detention centre “Dear Madam, I visited the juvenile detention centre to meet my child, who is currently there. A little before my visit, I looked up this institution on the Internet. I reached your website and read your visit report on this juvenile detention centre, which was conducted in January. When I arrived to visit my son, I found that the outside view was quite pleasant, with wellmaintained buildings and green spaces. The staff as well as the director welcomed us cordially, and clearly answered various questions that we asked about the functioning and implementation of the monitoring of my children. After this discussion, we visited the facilities. On entering on the ground floor, I was appalled by the general condition of the facilities. In fact, the interior of the premises, as regards the furniture as well as the environment - the lounge, the TV room, the dining room - are all in a state that I would describe as “harmful” to the wellbeing of young adolescents. The rooms are dark and outdated, the doors are damaged through use, the paint on the walls is peeling and flaking, which makes everything seem unhealthy. The furniture is in a bad condition and uncomfortable, and there is no “lounge” or “reading corner”. I did not see any documentation on prevention or other things, no video library on 113