Contents Preface 1 Introduction 3 Texts included in this collection 5 Recommendations of 17th November 2008 concerning the immigration detention centre in Choisy-Le-Roi 7 Recommendations of 24 December 2008 concerning the remand prison at Villefranche-sur-Saône 10 Recommendations of 8 April 2009 concerning the custody cell of the Court of first instance in Bobigny 15 Recommendations of 30th April 2009 concerning the Nice remand prison 17 Recommendations of 11 May 2009 concerning the central police station of Boulogne-Billancourt 21 Recommendations of 18 June 2009 concerning the Esquirol hospital in Limoges 23 Opinion of 21st October 2009 concerning detainees' exercise of their right to correspondence 25 Recommendations of 15 October 2009 concerning the police station in Besançon 29 Recommendations of 23 February 2010 concerning the Territorial Brigades of the Gendarmerie Nationale of Chambray-les-Tours, École-Valentin and Migennes 33 Recommendations of 23rd February 2010 concerning the Mulhouse prison facility 35 th th th th th rd Recommendations of 10 June 2010 concerning the Customs Service’s Brigades for Interior Surveillance in Amiens and Reims 39 th Opinion of 10th June 2010 concerning the protection of property of persons deprived of their liberty 41 iii