OPINIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE FRENCH CGLPL overall the premises are in a satisfactory state, the disposition and size of the rooms are not entirely satisfactory. In addition, certain deficiencies suffered by the police station and the personnel therein (inadequate electrical installation) have an effect on the way the unit operates. There is therefore a medium-term requirement to find premises in a building more adapted to the functions carried out in such a centre. 2/ The four bedrooms, one of which being reserved for women, are in a row (the ‘male’ bedrooms being separated from the ‘female’ bedroom by the room for the guards). To get to the washing and toilet facilities, the men need to pass in front of the bedroom reserved for women. This bedroom is separated from the corridor by a full-length glass partition which is naturally totally transparent. Whilst security concerns mean that the agents on guard need to be able to keep all detainees under surveillance, this should not be at the expense of a complete lack of respect for individual privacy to which all persons have a right. Such an arrangement is not to be found, for example, in any prison. No security instructions can justify such a situation, which is clearly prejudicial to human dignity. These arrangements need to de rectified as quickly as possible (for example by applying an opaque film to the glass). 3/ The conditions in which detainees can receive visitors are less than satisfactory, especially when one considers that one relies on third parties to bring what the detainees lack and to provide such comfort as can make their stay more agreeable. Indeed, these discussions take place in a corridor where no seats are available. In addition, they are limited to twenty minutes (as is the case in other centres) without any clearly established reason for such a limit (according to those who keep the register, out of 234 persons detained in Choisy-Le-Roi, only 78, i.e. 33%, received visits). The Contrôleur général is convinced that allowing third parties longer and more comfortable access to detainees would not constitute a security problem concerning the person’s detention. In these conditions, extra resources will need to be provided. 4/ It is clear that most of the public security police officers assigned to guard the detainees, in Choisy-Le-Roi but also in other equivalent locations, are on their first assignments after initial training. Apart from the disappointment these officers feel at performing lowesteem tasks which they never expected, it is clear that their training 8