["We are free to choose the institutions which we visit"].

The role of the Controller General of Places of Deprivation of Liberty (CGLPL) is to ensure the proper management of future prisoners and the guarantee of their fundamental rights. This role concerns the legal framework of measures as well as the conditions of their application and the environment of the person entering a detention centre, a prison or a specially equipped hospital unit (UHSA), for prisoners with psychiatric conditions. Interview with Adeline Hazan, a CGLPL since July 2014.