more or less easy according to the centre. Access to all services is subject to approval by the police which de facto limits individuals' autonomy. The human aspect of managing detainees by police officers has different facets dependant on the centre and the officer. Because of a lack of training, of interest or refusal, some police officers, generally the young ones, keep their distance from detainees fulfilling strictly the role of guard and escort; they do not involve themselves much in areas of life where detainees are abandoned to their inactivity. Some police officers have, moreover, confided to the inspectors: "my work is no different from that of a prison warder". Finding themselves carrying out work which in no way corresponds to the reasons for which they entered the police force and which often they have not chosen, they are disappointed and at a loss. On the other hand, the inspectors observed that some officers, often the most experienced, knew how to keep their distance without excluding conversation with detainees. Additionally some centres use plain clothes officers to take closer part in areas of life. Specific security tasks are assigned to them (pinpointing individual problems, preventing public order problems). However, in practice, these officers often carry out the role of informant for detainees and maintain contact with them to calm the atmosphere in detention, which is behaviour liable to help their autonomy. The CGLPL considers that appropriate training should be provided to officers allocated to the CRA. Moreover job descriptions should give a better definition of all of the work to be carried out by police officers in these places where people of all nationalities and all conditions are staying. 4.1.3 Internal regulations which do not take account of a requirement for autonomy for detainees Each CRA is governed by internal regulations, the model for which is set by a joint order of the Ministry of Immigration, the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Defence. Under the provisions of Article R. 553-4 of the CESEDA, internal regulations "organise daily life under conditions which comply with occupants’ dignity and security; in particular it records the rights and duties of foreign detainees as well as the practical methods to be practised by the latter in relation to their rights; in particular it mentions the conditions under which foreigners have access within the centre and in particular access to areas in the fresh air." The provisions and recommendations provided for in the CESEDA in relation to autonomy will be set out in the following paragraphs; a later chapter will place them in the light of observations made by the inspectors in the CRAs and will enable their actual application to be examined and consequently, the actual degree of autonomy that detainees generally have. Article R. 553-4 provides for internal regulations to be posted in common areas and to be translated into languages most currently used; these are decided by order of the Ministry for Immigration (in addition to French, there is English, Arabic, Mandarin, Spanish, some Portuguese and some Russian). Internal regulations, which are similar in the various centres inspected, open with a chapter devoted to "conditions for admission". This part essentially includes admission formalities (documents required, providing notices of rights, security measures, inventory etc.) and sets out regulations relating to security: provisions made, for example, for detainees to be subject to a pat-down search at the beginning and end of visits. This chapter also sets out regulations relating to personal effects: in all centres official documents likely to enable identification of the person are to be handed in to the registry. 144