The first president of the court of appeal and the public prosecutor, together with the presidents of the judicial courts and the public prosecutors within the jurisdiction of the court of appeal, organise a regional conference at least once a year on sentence adjustments and alternatives to imprisonment.
This conference is chaired by the heads of the court of appeal or their representatives.
It brings together judges and prosecutors, from the courts of the court of appeal and the courts of first instance, responsible for the execution and enforcement of sentences.
In particular, the presidents of the criminal divisions and the judges and prosecutors in charge of juvenile cases take part.
Also participating are the inter-regional directors of prison services and the regional directors of judicial youth protection, or their representatives, and the relevant staff of these services.
Representatives of legal entities under public or private law that contribute or are likely to contribute to the implementation of sentences and sentence adjustments, as well as any other person whose presence is deemed useful by the first president and the public prosecutor at the court of appeal or their representatives, may be invited to take part in this conference.
The purpose of this conference is:
– to take stock of sentence adjustments and alternatives to detention that have taken place within the jurisdiction of the court;
– to identify or update the inventory of resources available in this area;
– to improve exchanges of information between the courts, prison services and youth judicial protection services ;
– to define and implement the actions required to increase the number of sentence adjustments and alternatives to detention;
– to prevent prison overcrowding within the jurisdiction’s prisons.
At this conference, the sentence enforcement judges present the elements of their report provided for by Article R. 57-2.
The conclusions of the two half-yearly conferences are included in the summary of the annual reports provided for by Article 35, which the Attorney General sends to the Ministry of Justice pursuant to l’article D. 15-2.