Recommendations of 15th February 201134 concerning the psychiatric infirmary of the Paris police headquarters Four inspectors from the Contrôleur général des lieux de privation de liberté (CGLPL) visited the psychiatric infirmary of the Paris police headquarters, located at 3 rue Cabanis in Paris (14th arrondissement), from 15th to 17th July 2009. The observations made during this visit gave rise to an initial report which was sent to the Chief of Police to request his comments. These were issued on 22nd December 2009. On 18th June 2010, the full report of the visit was sent to the Minister of the Interior and the Chief of Police for accreditation, and to the Minister for Health and Sports on the same day for information. The Chief of Police replied on 7th  September 2010; the Minister on 24th September 2010. In the wake of this procedure, and in accordance with the law n°20071545 of 30th October 2007, the Contrôleur général des lieux de privation de liberté has decided to make public the following recommendations: It must be stated first that the psychiatric infirmary of the Paris police headquarters, dating back to the Consulate under different names, is rapidly developing in numerous areas, in particular with regard to relations between staff and the patients admitted (revision of the rules of procedure and the reception charter, registers) and the material conditions of management for individuals, their family and their lawyers, the latter now able to enter without difficulty, the need for which has been reiterated by the Council of State (20th November 2009, Chief of Police, n°315  598). It drew the conclusion that the materiality of the right to remedy is guaranteed, as at least the person admitted has the material possibility of contacting the outside world. Without calling into question the intrinsic quality or the shared awareness with which staff at the establishment exercise their functions, the inspectors expressed deep regret for the confusion of 34 Published in the Journal Officiel de la République française of 20 th March 2011, text n°38. 73