c) These activity rooms and offices should exist both within the punishment wing (QD) and the solitary confinement wing (QI). In prisons, QIs and QDs are often located in the same building and on the same floor. They are managed by the same staff, and are insufficiently differentiated (see also the examination of the premises thereof, cf. supra § 1.1.4), despite the fact that, as the Code of Criminal Procedure recalls, solitary confinement is a measure of protection and security, and does not in any case constitute a disciplinary measure231. Prisoners placed in solitary confinement nevertheless appear to be “punished”, in particular in terms of activities, whereas they are entitled to the latter under certain conditions232. In addition, these wings are often separated from the rest of the prison, for example located on the final floor of the institution. This removal from the rest of the prison reinforces the feeling of exclusion and renders the participation of persons placed in solitary confinement in activities more difficult, especially since there are no or few activity rooms within these wings. In most cases the only activity room is a sports room (equipped with weight training apparatuses). QI are not always equipped with libraries. Thus, in the QI of one long-stay prison wing, the library is no more than a cupboard containing a few books and magazines established in the laundry room. Similarly, solitary confinement wings never have premises reserved for working, training or education and rarely have a common room which, moreover, is sufficiently large to enable several persons to gather together if necessary. For this reason, in practice placement in solitary confinement also very often leads to deprival of all activities and social life. It would therefore be appropriate to rethink the positioning of solitary confinements wings and make provision for a minimum of activity rooms within each solitary confinement wing. In practice, doctors who go to solitary confinement and punishment wings, have the cell doors opened – but rarely the bars of the security entrance of punishment cells – and, in the best of cases, limit themselves to asking prisoners how they are. In some cases, they also hold their consultations in the wing’s hearings room. In order to enable doctors to exercise their duties under normal conditions233, examination rooms should be placed at their disposal within QDs and QIs alike. Areas for Meetings between Professionals Prisons should have places of exchange in their various different areas. Routes of access to institutions, intersections and meeting rooms should be carefully designed in order to facilitate mutual acquaintance between the various different actors and informal exchanges which make multidisciplinary work easier and upon which collective dynamism depends. 231 Cf. article R.57-7-62 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Article R.57-7-62 of the Code of Criminal Procedure provides that prisoners placed in solitary confinement cannot take part in exercise and collective activities except by authorisation. In other words, on the one hand, they can continue to have the benefit of activities on their own, on the other hand, they may take part in collective activities by decision of the head of the institution. Finally, the same text provides that "the head of the institution organises, in so far as possible and according to the prisoner's personality, common activities for persons placed in solitary confinement”. 233 In principle, each prisoner placed in solitary confinement or in the punishment wing has to be examined at least twice a week by a doctor and also as often as the latter considers useful, in application of the provisions of R.57-7-63, R.57-8-1 and R.57-7-31 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. 232 152