Foundation : OPCAT

2. Foundation: OPCAT • France signs in 2005 the optionalprotocol to the convention. The country has to implement a national mecanism of prevention of torture, indépendant and responsible for : • to examine the situation of deprivation of freedom people ; • to formulatesome recommandations to competentauthorities ; • to presentsomeprivate bills ;

3. Statuts CGLPL is an «  independantauthority » • The Contrôleur général : Law of 0ctober 30th 2007 • isappointed for a 6 years mandate, non renewable ; • hedoes not receiveany instruction fromanyauthority ; • hecannotbeprosecutedfrom opinions hegives or actshe carries out ; • hecannotbedismissed ; • he and his team are submitted to professionnal secret for facts, acts or informations they know; • heisindependant of Ombudsman who has been created(law of March 29th 2011)

4. Field of competence More than 5 000 places of deprivation of freedom in the country • 191 prisons ; • 285hospitals ( care without consent) ; • 4095 police stations ; • 54centers for strangers in illegalstatus ; • 51waiting zones ; • 43centers for delinquantminors ; • 177jails in courts ; • premises of customs ; • vehicles for transfer.

5. The mission To bewatchful to respect of fundamentalrights and to prevent the violations direct submission by deprivation of freedom people Visit of a place of deprivation of freedom treatment to the root by responsible for inquiries • objectives : • to check life conditions of deprivation of freedom people and working conditions of administration ; • to check effectivity of exercising of fundamental rights ; • to check the condition, the organisation and the • functioning of the place. examination of the related situations investigation on documents investigation In the place meeting and contradictory exchanges with the person and the authorities contradictory exchanges with authorities answer and et close

6. Unexpectedvisitor announced of an institution Recommandations published in O.J about one or several places Recommandations publised in O.J. about a cross theme Report of facts preparatory document passed to the chief of the institution Publication of the visit report with recommandations Visit report with recommandations passed to minister(s) concerned Observations of the chief of the institution Observations of minister(s)

7. The ways of action A budget, a team the CGLPL manages freely its credits and presents its counts to the control of Revenue Court

9. Number of submissionsin 2010 3276 direct: more than 250 letters/month 620 files of inquiry • Theme of submissions • 91,4% : the prisons • 5,3% : the mental health institutions • 1,2% : police stations

10. Number of visits fromseptember 2008 to december2010 (today : about 500) 355 visits 252 unexpected / 103 announced • averagelenght of time of visits • with a number of controllers in relation to the place • 5 days for prisons • 3 days for health institution • 2 days for jails in courts or police stations • Number of visits in relation to the number of institutions: • 49% des 191 prisons • 48% des 105 places for strangers • 37% des 43 closedcenters for minors • 16% des 285 mental health institutions • 11% des 177 jails in courts • 3% des 4095 police stations