"Madam, the Chief Inspector of places of deprivation of liberty, You have been kind enough to reply to my letter of …, for which I thank you. Your service is of great use to citizens experiencing problems while in prison. My partner was hospitalised by court order at X with compulsory psychiatric treatment. The letters I sent to the Court of first instance in civil and criminal matters and Administrative Court, as well as to his own general practitioner and the head of the X Psychiatric Department have had no result. The complaints I made as a person of trust defending patients’ interests, as my partner is in a state of depression and was unable to defend himself, were taken into account. He had the right to a slight improvement in hospitalisation conditions. He has the right to choose an activity from among the ones organised for patients once a week. He chose the "reading" workshop run by a psychologist. He has the right to go outside into the hospital’s garden with me when the weather is good, and have coffee with me in the UHC’s cafeteria. At my request, two nurses accompanied him to the polling station during the elections. He has a weekly 15-minute interview with the same referring psychiatrist who once received me in her office at my request, in the presence of a lead nurse, and [my partner]. I told her of my worries and my hopes of their getting the patient adopt a more "trusting" attitude so that he would accept medication. I told her that unless he was listened to, he would not be able to accept all the prohibitions he was subject to without rebelling. I think that my intervention has borne fruit [My partner] now has the right to use his mobile phone from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. once a day. During my visits on Sunday afternoons, the medical team is friendlier to me. Of course, [my partner] would like to see his enforced confinement lifted and/or be allowed outside. He is very sad when I visit him; I cheer him up. I still do not know what medical plans the public mental health institution team has for him. I do not know what kind of medical monitoring will be recommended in order to help the patient have a normal everyday life. [My partner] and I would both like to lead an ordinary life again. My thanks once again to the Chief Inspector of places of deprivation of liberty and her SecretaryGeneral; I was much moved by your reply and reassured on the Rule of Law in our country, France. Yours faithfully." Difficulties connected with escorts for inmates with exit permits due to the death of a relative "Dear Madam, I am the mother of A, a child confined in the juvenile wing at V since 4 February 2017 by court order. His father was seriously ill and passed away on 26 March 2017. We asked the Judicial Youth Protection Service (PJJ) youth workers to give him permission to go out under escort so that he could attend the funeral procession (…). The X juvenile court delivered its decision on 28 March 2017 authorising an extraordinary leave of absence with an escort the following day from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. I arrived at the hospital at 7 a.m. to wait for my son. As nobody came, I contacted the remand prison. Someone told me that there was a problem and that they would get back to me. Thirty minutes later, I phoned again and Ms B., the deputy director of the juvenile wing, told me that they did not have enough escorts. She told me she was sorry and suggested a 20-minute visit to see my son at midday. She joined us at the end of my visit and told us she was trying to find a solution for the afternoon. I had no further news, and my son, who had been ready since 7 a.m. waited all day. He was unable to see his father to help him mourn with his family. The PJJ youth workers sent a note to the X court’s judges, but, as my son’s legal guardian, I have taken it upon myself to inform you of this situation as my son’s rights were not respected. Yours faithfully," 145