These departures were offset by arrivals. Several months sometimes passed between the departure and the arrival of the member of staff’s successor, between one and three months for certain posts, giving rise to problematic vacancies in terms of both full-time equivalent hours worked and the wage bill (cf. supra). As explained last year, rigorous selection of candidates for the position of inspector is a slow process. At the beginning of the year, after a recruitment phase launched in 2013, the Contrôle Général was joined by a new assistant in charge, in particular, of answering the numerous telephone calls from persons deprived of liberty. Five new inspectors with different professional backgrounds were recruited: one civil administrative officer having worked in the Ministry of the Interior, one police chief superintendent, an officer of the prisons administration, a doctor and inspector of public health and a health executive. A chief inspector of the French armed forces was made available by the Ministry of Defence. As far as external staff are concerned, several (5) of them were already retired and wished to take full advantage of their retirement after a long collaboration, from which the Contrôle Général has greatly benefited. Two other colleagues wished to leave, in order to devote themselves to their main professional activities. Two recruitment phases took place in 2014. A former member of the national legal service and a former prison officer arrived in the first half of this year. Due to the extension of the Contrôle Général’s competence (Act of May 2014), medical professionals were subsequently recruited (2). Finally, a chief inspector of social welfare and a youth worker joined the team in December. The recruitments are continuing in order to secure a larger range of staff working on an occasional or continuous basis. This pool of staff will make it possible to put teams together comprising specific professional profiles for special duties. 77