The number of places of police custody and detention by the national police, the national gendarmerie and customs, as well as the number of health institutions, has changed considerably as compared with that shown in the Annual Reports published since 2010. In the space of five years, the number of police custody cells and secure rooms has thus fallen by 14% from 4,095 to 3,506; that of customs detention facilities by 25%, falling from 236 to 179; on the other hand, the number of health institutions has increased by 16%, rising from 369 to 429, that of young offenders’ institutions has increased by 11%, rising from 44 to 49, and that of court jails has increased by 8%, rising from 182 to 197. Among health institutions, the number of psychiatric hospitals and hospitals possessing psychiatric departments, as well as the number of secure rooms, has increased considerably, whereas the number of UHSI, UHSA, UMD and UMJ remains stable. The number of prisons, detention centres and waiting areas remains stable. These numbers will continue to change, since premises undergo renovation at regular intervals, while others close and still others are opened. The type of institutions visited has changed little in comparison to the year 2013, for the reasons set out in the 2013 Annual Report (cf. table on pages 262 et seq.). The number of prisons, police custody facilities and CEFs remains similar. Visits were conducted to gendarmeries with low levels of cases of police custody: they should not be neglected on the grounds that their activity in the field of police custody is not the same as that of police stations and gendarmeries situated in areas with high levels of crime. Two exceptions are to be noted: the number of CRAs visited in 2014 increased to 9, whereas only one was visited in 2013; conversely, the number of health institutions decreased, falling to 15 in 2014, as compared with 17 in 2013 and 22 in 2012, this was due to the departure of two permanent doctor-inspectors and of the external hospital director inspector. 3.1.1 Number of Inspections 2008 52 Number of visits 180 2009 163 163 160 140 140 2010 140 151 2011 151 2012 159 2013 140 159 140 137 2013 2014 120 100 80 60 52 40 20 0 2008 71 2009 2010 2011 2012 2014 137