distributing internal correspondence from one wing to another or within the same wing without the detainees being forced to postmark all of their mail, as well as carrying out an oversight of the correspondence by the prison administration, in accordance with the regulations in force. A circular and a notice addressed to the prison population were drafted to indicate that the detainees are no longer required to postmark internal correspondence when it is addressed to a detainee within the same institution. The terms of execution of full-body searches In the absence of a room dedicated for searches in the infirmary of a remand prison, the Contrôleur général was informed that the room used for this purpose is actually the waiting room for the hearings and medical examinations, which has a window. Pursuant to the amended Law dated 30 October 2007, the Contrôleur général recommended that this window be made opaque so that the searches conducted in this room are executed in conditions that preserve the privacy of the detainees and that the room should be cleaned regularly so that the hygiene conditions are satisfactory. The director of the institution, in response to the recommendations given by the Contrôleur général, decided via a circular that this room should no longer be used to carry out fullbody searches, but only as a waiting room before the medical examinations that are conducted in the health block of the institution. Two statutory rooms for searches were renovated on the ground floor of both buildings; in addition, they were equipped with the furniture mentioned in the circular from the prison administration department, dated 15 November 2013. The attention of the CGLPL was drawn to the use of unsuitable rooms, in a prison, for executing full-body searches of detainees when the cells were being searched; these rooms were a maintenance room and a room for storing dustbins. It was specified that the dustbins were removed when the room was used to conduct a full-body search. After having collected the contradictory observations of the director of the prison, the Contrôleur général deemed, with respect to the dignity of the detainees, that it was not acceptable for them to be locked up and searched in a room used to store dustbins, irrespective of whether or not the dustbin was removed beforehand. On this basis, she therefore recommended that a room should be dedicated to holding detainees while their cells are searched. During the second visit to this institution, the inspectors observed that the recommendation had been taken into account. In fact, it was noted during the visit that the rooms were being renovated9 before being permanently allocated to conducting searches. The buildings have a search room on each floor, in addition to a room located on the ground floor, all of which are correctly furnished. The limiting of the number of permissions to leave The Contrôleur général was informed of the situation of a detainee who could benefit from two types of permissions to leave: permissions for family-related outings to meet with his family and a permission to leave for participating in a sports activity organised by the prison administration. Nevertheless, a permission to leave for maintaining family bonds was refused on the grounds that he had “exhausted his rights to leave permits” and another was granted to him “as an exception”, since he was “unaware that his participation in a sports activity organised by the prison administration would deprive him of family outings”. In order to better understand the circumstances in which the detainees can benefit from permissions to leave, the Contrôleur général wished to obtain specifications on what appears to be a custom: on the one hand, the limiting of the number of permissions to leave for family reasons; 9 Still, in a few of these rooms, there was no flooring and/or a chair or a coat hook on which the detainee can place his effects, with paper covering the openings. The works were still in progress. 60