Recommendations of 23rd February 201018 concerning the Mulhouse prison facility Five controllers from the Contrôle général des lieux de privation de liberté (CGLPL) inspected the Mulhouse prison facility (Haut-Rhin) from 20th to 24th July 2009. The factual observations made during the inspection were sent to the prison director on 18th September 2009. The head of this facility responded to these observations on 2nd October 2009. The complete report was sent for comment to the Minister of State, Keeper of the Seals, Ministry of Justice and Liberties, and to the Minister of Health and Sport on 30th October 2009. Their responses were received 23rd and 28th December 2009, respectively. Further to this procedure and in accordance with the law n°2007-1545 of 30th  October 2007, the Contrôleur général makes the following recommendations: 1/ Serene and peaceful relations must be restored in a facility where internal divisions between management and personnel under its authority have become predominant. Constant internal disputes seriously disrupt the operation of this facility. The inmates are well aware of this situation and know how to work it to their advantage in order to undermine the internal regulations. The usual inter-prisoner violence, noted in this prison, is one of the consequences of this uneasy and unhealthy climate. It should be mentioned that the French Contrôleur général has never encountered such a deplorable situation in a penal institution since the beginning of his mission. Nevertheless, he did note that an audit was commissioned in a very timely manner by the Interregional Directorate of Prison Services regarding the operation of this facility. 2/ The conditions in which the inmates are forced to live are unacceptable: the premises are run down, the floor is degraded, the paint chipping, and the furniture in the cells is in poor condition; the toilets are so small that it is impossible for the majority of people to sit down correctly. Hygiene suffers owing to the presence of many “pests” (cockroaches, 18 Published in the Journal Officiel de la République française n°0053 of 4th March 2010, text n°96. 35