Regarding guidance for teaching staff, the Minister of Justice mentions a series of training measures, including two annual groupings of teachers, but given its findings in juvenile detention centres, the CGLPL considers it necessary to strengthen such measures - not least by providing each teacher assigned to a juvenile detention centre with initial training. 5.1.5 Right to health The CGLPL had recommended organising educational information actions on sexuality. This topic was included in the training priorities set out in 2015; it is therefore leading to partnerships between the youth protection service and regional health agencies. 5.1.6 Freedom of conscience and expression The CGLPL had recommended setting up life councils where youngsters can express their opinion in respect of the common interest. The Minister of Justice points out that the 2015 provisions offer institutions several ways of involving users: social life councils, focus groups, initiative or project groups and systems for gathering opinions. She specifies that consideration of the right of expression of young offenders in juvenile detention centres is one of the vigilance points for technical advisers and auditors in charge of operating inspections to watch, and forms part of the internal assessment by department directors, under the management of users' rights. The good practices identified and assessed will be disseminated and promoted. 5.1.7 Service organisation and staff The CGLPL had recommended setting up a sound theoretical framework and advanced legal training for educational teams. The Minister of Justice says that an initiative aimed at shoring up "efforts to increase the professionalism of stakeholders, common to both the public and authorised associations' sector" has been launched: needs are currently being assessed, and training has already been set up; this particularly bears on the legal situation of young people in detention and assistance with initial employment. Training for the benefit of staff working in accommodation wings was introduced in 2015 to "improve the skills of staff working in juvenile detention centres and enable professionals to work together on the institution's strategic plan and become accustomed to organising work in a collective manner." That said, deployment of this training across the country is unequal, and participation is not as high as hoped. Furthermore, the CGLPL had recommended drawing up internal documents (strategic plan, rules of procedure, welcome booklet) focusing on the young people's best interests, which teams will have read and use on a daily basis. The Minister of Justice gives a reminder that these recommendations correspond to the application of legislative provisions dating from 2002. However, she points out that a circular dated 10 March 2016 specifies the collection of documents that must be formally prepared when a juvenile detention centre opens: the rules of procedure, the welcome booklet, the form of the individual care provision document and the charter on the rights and freedoms of the young person being received. Finally, the CGLPL had recommended specifically notifying the judge of the contents of the educational action being taken in juvenile detention centres so that the latter is able to ascertain the risks and support the team where s/he believes the proposal is in keeping with the young offender's best interests. 69

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