Such provision does not comply with the circular of 17 May 2013 on fighting against poverty in prisons, which states that aids in kind "must enable the people in question to maintain ties with the outside, not least with their family (supply of at least 2 stamps, envelopes and sheets of paper at the prisoner's request); under delegated management contracts and procurement, such aid must be ensured by the holder of the hospitality service contract". As she had already indicated in her 2015 annual report30, the Chief Inspector bemoans the fact that the provisions of the 17 May 2013 circular on granting aid in kind, particularly the necessary stationery items to be included, are not applied evenly across institutions. The Chief Inspector has therefore drawn the attention of the institution's management to the necessary stationery items to be handed out to indigent prisoners. 1.6 Monthly canteen vouchers for vocational trainees The Chief Inspector's attention has been drawn to the remuneration conditions of trainees within a particular institution, within the context of monitoring of pre-certifying training programmes. Indeed, according to the information brought to the CGLPL's attention, trainees enrolled in these programmes are not paid, but reportedly benefit from a monthly canteen voucher worth 50 euros. In connection with the opinion of 22 December 2016 on work and vocational training in penal institutions, published in the Journal officiel (Official Gazette) of 9 February 2017, the Chief Inspector took stock of the provision and delivery of vocational training in detention and the effects of transferring competence concerning its management to the regional councils, following the Act of 5 March 2014 on vocational training, employment and social democracy. It has become clear that precertifying training can provide a springboard for accessing certifying training and even employment, and that they should be developed in this regard. Following the publication of the opinion, the Chief Inspector asked the management of the prison about the types of vocational training available, as well as the remuneration conditions of trainees. She noted with interest, in the response given, the institution's introduction of a monthly canteen voucher worth 50 euros to encourage trainees to take part in pre-certifying training programmes (these are not remunerated by the Public services and payments agency/ASP). Moreover, given the loan assignment delay within the ASP, the Chief Inspector considered the advance system set up to be a good practice; this entailed issuing a canteen voucher worth 50 euros a month to trainees on certifying training programmes. 1.7 The procedure for calculating the remuneration of prisoners selected to work as general service assistants During discussions held with the management of one long-term detention centre, the Chief Inspector found that the contractual documents and job descriptions of the prisoners selected to work as general service assistants contained different procedures for calculating their remuneration, with the contractual documents referring to daily rates and the job descriptions to hourly rates. This difference made it impossible for the prisoners in question to understand how to calculate their remuneration. If remuneration was calculated according to the procedure set out in the job description, so three hours a day in the week and two hours a day at the weekend, it should correspond to 82 hours worked per month - a lot more than the number of hours indicated in the payslips of the prisoners working as general service assistants. It became clear upon studying the payslips that the remuneration 30 Annual report 2015, p. 71. 80