Recommendations of 11th May 20099 concerning the central police station of Boulogne-Billancourt Four inspectors from the contrôle général des lieux de privation de liberté (CGLPL) visited the central police station of BoulogneBillancourt (Hauts de Seine) on 16th October 2008. Factual observations recorded during the inspection were reported on 24th  October 2008 to the Divisional Commissioner and District Manager. This gave rise to a response dated 8th December 2008. On 22nd  December 2008, the full report of the visit was sent to the Ministry of the Interior for comment. Its response was issued on 1st April 2009. In the wake of this procedure, and in accordance with the law n°20071545 of 30th  October 2007, the Contrôleur général has decided to make public the following recommendations: 1/ People placed in custody or held for sobering up are subject to disgraceful sanitary conditions: overflowing “squat” toilets in secure rooms; a nauseating odour emanating from the cells, even unoccupied ones; walls covered with inscriptions and various materials. Routine maintenance is entirely inadequate. This also creates working conditions that the personnel should not have to face. Work to correct this should be initiated immediately. In the absence of immediate improvement, custody cells and sobering-up cells should not be used. 2/ It the responsibility of the police administration to verify the proper execution of cleaning services carried out by a private company, or to change the terms of the contract by applying the principle of mutability. 3/ The practice of confiscating a detainee’s bra and eyeglasses should be abandoned: it is an affront to the person’s dignity that is not justified by any demonstrable security imperative. 4/ Everyone is entitled to appear before a judge, a prosecutor or a 9 Published in the Journal Officiel de la République française n°0126 of 3rd June 2009, text n°63. 21