OPINIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE FRENCH CGLPL a) Concerning conditions of accommodation: • • • • • • Reduce the number of new arrivals in the establishment to bring the population down to a sustainable level, i.e. to the number of places in the design capacity (1'190); Update the organisational structure, which dates from 1989, in order to ensure a sufficient level of staff and, in parallel, to reduce the degree of absenteeism; Strengthen the maintenance team and provide it with the appropriate means to perform its role; Carry out the work necessary to render the buildings watertight (building D), and to repair the water conduits (buildings A and B) and the goods-lift; Institute effective and long-term measures for cleanliness and hygiene, particularly for eliminating rats, cockroaches and other similar pests; Review the procedures for meal service, particularly in respect of hygiene. b) Concerning the dearth of activities: • • • • Bring the operational budget to former levels in order to rapidly increase the number of auxiliaries employed and their remuneration; Use other means of finding service providers for offering workshop type employment, rather than relying solely on the prison management; Find alternative activities, such as vocational training, to counter the fact that the “Baumettes 2” project will reduce the available space for men’s workshop activity by almost half and remove some fifteen (out of between thirty and forty) employment opportunities for women; Preserve the existing cultural activities, rethink the role of the socio-cultural association and strengthen its links with the SPIP (Service pénitentiaire d’insertion et de probation - Prison Service for Rehabilitation and Probation). c) Concerning violence: • 148 Provide to the Marseille 9th  arrondissement police station the necessary means for investigation so that, under judge