between parents are also involved, the formalities to be undertaken in order to demand effective rights constitute an additional difficulty on top of these feelings. It is essential for imprisoned parents to be informed of their rights and duties towards their children at the commencement of their imprisonment and, subject to any rulings made by the juvenile court judge, for them to be supported in the formalities necessary to the maintenance of their rights and duties, in accordance with the interests of the child. Furthermore, imprisoned parents very often encounter difficulties in being informed of important decisions concerning their child in terms of health and education, as well as leisure activities, and even more so in being involved in taking these decisions. These difficulties are of course influenced by the marital situation encountered and the willingness of the parent living “outside” to share these decisions (in terms of providing information and requesting involvement) with the imprisoned parent. In addition, imprisoned parents are too often informed of decisions taken after the event. In order to remedy this problem, it would be necessary to enable access to digital homework notebooks by means of secure Internet access and put partnerships in place with schools whereby they send the child’s school report to the imprisoned parent and inform the latter of the progress of their education. Maintenance obligations with regard to the child also mean that the parent needs to be able to have the benefit of employment and be free to purchase goods for their child. The CGLPL therefore recommends that the criterion of parenthood should be taken into account in the granting of employment and that imprisoned parents should be able to have easy access to catalogues of toys and other goods (books, subscription to magazines etc.) with a view to being able to make gifts and contribute to the development of their children while re-establishing or maintaining close parental bonds. When imprisoned parents retain parental authority, they can also have the benefit of visits from their child, whether mediated or with the child being accompanied by a close relation. Yet, it is to be noted that visiting rooms are seldom or inadequately equipped to cater for children (absence of toys and space as well as privacy in collective visiting rooms). The length of these visits is also rarely adapted to the needs of such meetings: in the vast majority of cases, the time is too short to establish the trust needed for the recommencement of bonds disrupted by imprisonment and geographical distance. In the children’s interest, and subject to rulings to the contrary on the part of juvenile court judges, it would be appropriate to adapt the frequency, place and length of meetings between imprisoned parents and their children, in liaison with the person accompanying them, in order to enable the establishment and maintenance of emotional bonds. Finally, the CGLPL recommends that reflection should be undertaken in association with imprisoned parents in order to ensure that the latter, and fathers in particular, have a greater sense of responsibility with regard to their parental role and regain autonomy in this regard. 1.2.6 Freedom of Expression Since the coming into force of the Prisons Act of 24th November 2009, “subject to the maintenance of good order and security in institutions, prisoners are consulted by the prisons 100