OPINIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE FRENCH CGLPL Each prisoner’s individual circumstances must be taken into account. In addition, when a transfer to metropolitan France is considered, the clearly inadequate baggage allowance of 5 kilogrammes per person must be waived. 3/ The totally inhuman conditions for inmates (sometimes less than 2m2 per person; a disabled inmate needed to use a close stool for going to the toilet, etc.) can not be allowed to persist until the proposed prison extension is commissioned, sometime in 2014 or 2015. Certain organisational items must be adapted forthwith to local conditions: • • • given the living conditions imposed by the establishment, the length of time during which inmates are confined into communal cells should be limited as much as possible. Opening and closing times for those cells that open directly onto exercise yards, which are de facto the only places where an acceptable existence is possible, should be aligned with the local times for sunrise and sunset, which are the same all year round - 6 a.m. and 6 p.m.; as for hygiene improvements in this establishment, the frequency with which bed linen is changed, currently every fortnight as in metropolitan France, should be increased to take account of the heat and the overcrowding in each cell. In addition, the remand prison authorities must ensure that products for dish-washing, cleaning the cells and personal hygiene are genuinely available - as also the possibility for prisoners to wash their own clothes. more account needs to be taken of the inmates’ situation and that of their families, the majority of whom neither read nor speak French - as has been done with the prison welcome film produced in a language understandable by all; this is particularly necessary concerning fixing appointments in the visiting room, for letters addressed to the prison authorities and for confidential correspondence with the medical staff. 4/ Inmates’ families should not be afraid of using the visiting room through fear of being apprehended for questioning by the security forces as a result of their own personal situation. In these circumstances, respecting the right to maintain family 60