The Minister of Justice claims that instructions along these lines have been issued and that in principle the steering committees are held within the juvenile detention centres themselves. She adds that the competent judges are convened during the institution's annual steering committee meeting. Moreover, the local directorate is tasked with upholding ties with the courts. Likewise, the director of the institution is in charge of relations with all judges in charge of relevant cases whether or not they are in the same jurisdiction. The CGLPL duly notes all of these measures. 5.2 Special recommendations 5.2.1 Saint-Denis Le Thiboult Juvenile Detention Centre (Seine-Maritime) The inspection of the juvenile detention centre brought to light three series of good practices: - staff training and a particularly effective individual promotion policy associated with active involvement on the part of staff in organising activities; - organising a stint in a neutral setting prior to young people's arrival at the centre to ease fears and stress; - setting up training in conflict management, which the CGLPL had recommended during a previous inspection, to reduce the number of instances where restraints are used. The Minister of Justice states that these good practices are being referred to during meetings held within the interregional judicial youth protection service directorate. It is a shame, however, that professionals' participation in the conflict management training is not systematic. The inspection also provided the opportunity for a number of recommendations to be made which, according to the information provided by the Minister of Justice, have been followed up: barbed wire giving an unnecessarily hostile impression at the entrance gate has been removed; the rules of procedure now set out in more detail the types of behaviour that are liable to punishment and a schooling youth worker has been recruited to ensure educational continuity during the teacher's holidays - except in the month of August. 5.2.2 Saint-Pierre du Mont Juvenile Detention Centre (Landes) This inspection brought to light two good practices: - the importance given to maintaining family ties; - the training of youth workers in violence prevention, which has led to a reduction in the use of restraints in practice. In her response (see Appendix 4), the Minister of Justice describes the procedures behind these two actions; it would be well worth referring thereto. A number of recommendations have also been made. First, the CGLPL had recommended shoring up the educational action to make it the guiding principle to the staff's work. The Minister of Justice explains that measures have been taken to that end, but the fact that nine youth workers are on fixed-term contracts results in frequent staff movements and, accordingly, instability. The CGLPL points out that it is not advisable to entrust struggling young people to staff who are themselves in an insecure employment situation. It upholds the recommendation it had made in 70