3. General recommendations concerning penal institutions The CGLPL's recommendations followed by the responses from the Minister of Justice and the Minister of Health are published in full in Appendix 4. 3.1 Autonomy, dignity and integrity 3.1.1 Right to autonomy The CGLPL had recommended building small penal institutions which fostered the autonomy of prisoners and fitting out communal living spaces in all penal institutions, not least to enable direct purchases to be made in "stores" where internal payment cards were accepted. The Minister of Justice explained that, on the basis of the principles adopted by the White Paper on the Prison Estate25 these recommendations will be partly taken on board in the new institutional construction programmes: - small "preparation for release" wings incorporating communal living spaces; - trustee wings, including in remand prisons, included in the planning framework for the "15,000 programme" recently launched. The CGLPL duly notes these measures but recommends that communal living spaces and trustee wings also be set up in existing institutions. It also gives a reminder of its recommendation on building small-scale institutions. Build new institutions that are small in scale and extend "trustee wings", which include communal living spaces and an open-door detention regime, to existing institutions. Regarding the possibility of making in-store purchases and making provision for electronic payment, the Minister of Justice mentions a number of practical hurdles (related to the infrastructure, detention regime, storage, professional practices) but does not object to the idea in principle. It therefore seems relevant to move forward in this direction on the basis of trials, perhaps, as suggested by the Minister, in connection with the broader question of "digital technology in detention". Test out a canteen regime in a few institutions based on "in-store" purchases and e-payment with an internal card. The CGLPL recommended setting up rules bearing on the internal assignment of prisoners on the basis of an assessment of each one's ability to access autonomy and extending the "prisonerfacilitator" initiatives for helping new arrivals to settle in, "relational mediations" and joint staffprisoner training programmes. The Minister of Justice explained that so-called "respect" units, aimed at fostering prisoner autonomy, were currently being tested out. She highlighted the efforts on the part of the authorities to ensure prisoners benefit from the social assistance and personal care services to which they are entitled. She said that the question of autonomy is being addressed by the working group on health provision for offenders and that tools for encouraging local partnerships to be established will be distributed in 2018. The CGLPL duly notes these plans. 25 White Paper on the Prison Estate, submitted to Jean-Jacques Urvoas, Minister of Justice, by Jean-René Lecerf, Chair of the White Paper Committee - 4 April 2017 49