Recommendations of 17th November 20084 concerning the immigration detention centre in Choisy-Le-Roi The detention centre for undocumented migrants in Choisy-Le-Roi (Val-de-Marne), management of which is under the responsibility of the central administration of the French national police force (central department for public security), was visited by two inspectors from the contrôle général des lieux de privation de liberté (CGLPL) from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday 8th July. Factual findings from this inspection were communicated to the Police Commissioner of the appropriate police department on 30th July 2008. A response to this was provided by the Prefect of Val-de-Marne dated 19th August 2008. The Public Prosecutor at the Créteil Court of First Instance for Criminal Matters, solicited in writing, gave his written response on 3rd September, 2008. The final report concerning the visit was submitted for observations to both the Minister for Immigration, Integration, National Identity and Socially Responsible Development and the Minister for the Interior, Overseas Territories and Local Authorities on 15th September 2008. On 24th  October 2008, the Minister for the Interior, Overseas Territories and Local Authorities made it known that he would leave it to the Immigration Minister to reply. The Minister for Immigration, National Identity and Socially Responsible Development provided his remarks in a note dated 25th October 2008. Following this procedure, and in accordance with the law n°2007-1545 of 30th October 2007, the Contrôleur général des lieux de privation de liberté has made the following recommendations: 1/ Detention centres have generally been set up in units that were not initially destined for the detention of foreigners who are the subject of deportation or expulsion orders. The centre in Choisy-Le-Roi is no exception to this rule, since its rooms (four bedrooms, a lounge, a vestibule, a room for the guards plus washing and toilet facilities) were originally designed as offices for the local police station. Although 4 Published in the Journal Officiel de la République française n°0274 of 25th November 2008, text n°58. 7