As in 2013, the number of visits conducted in 2014 was below the target of 150, for a number of different reasons, in particular the departure of six permanent inspectors in the course of the year 2014, following that of three other inspectors at the end of the year 2013; seven external inspectors also left the Contrôle Général in the course of 2014. Inspectors are rarely replaced immediately and a “training” period of almost six months is necessary before gaining mastery of the various different aspects of the profession. The number of inspectors per assignment was therefore often increased in order to enable the training of new colleagues by experienced inspectors before their departure. The new duties defined by the Act of May 2014, involving control of the deportation of foreigners until their handover to the authorities of the State of destination, also placed demands upon available staff and working time. The arrival of the Contrôleure Générale appointed by the decree of 17th July 2014, more than a month after the end of her predecessor’s term of office, stimulated the institution and led to a reduction in the number of weeks of inspections (by two weeks), both in order to make up for delay in the drafting of reports and to ensure continuity. 3.1.2 Average Length of Inspections (in days) Young offenders’ institutions Court jails and cells Prisons Police custody facilities Detention of illegal immigrants Detention by customs Health institutions Deportation procedures Overall average 2009 2 1 4 1 2 2010 3 2 4 2 2 2011 4 2 5 2 2 2012 4 1.5 5 2 3 2013 3.25 2 5 2 58 5 2014 3.56 1.75 5.2 2.33 3.11 1 2 2 2 3 3 1 3 3 1.5 4 3 2 4 3 1.95 4.52 2 3.33 In 2014, the inspectors spent: - 161 days in prisons; - 128 days in police custody facilities; - 68 days in health institutions; - 32 days in young offenders’ institutions; - 28 days in detention centres for illegal immigrants; - 21 days in customs detention facilities; - 7 days in jails and cells of courts; - 6 days on deportation procedures. That is to say a total of 451 days in places of deprivation of liberty. 58 Only the waiting zone of Roissy was visited in 2013, over a five-day period. 72