Book V: Enforcement procedures

When a convicted person is serving one or more custodial sentences of a total duration of less than or equal to two years, the prison administration shall inform him, at least one month before the remainder of the sentence is equal to three months, or if the sentence is less than or equal to six months, when he is committed to prison or when the sentence becomes final, that he…

The prison integration and probation service will forward its opinion on the most appropriate measure and on the obligations and prohibitions likely to be imposed to the sentence enforcement judge in good time before the meeting of the sentence enforcement committee at which the person’s situation will be examined, and will provide, where applicable, any information that will enable the judge to assess whether it is materially impossible for the…

The prison integration and probation service located within the jurisdiction of the prison where the person being released under constraint is incarcerated will give or arrange for the person to be given, no later than the day of their release, a notice to appear before the prison integration and probation service territorially competent to monitor them after their release. The maximum period for appearing is five working days from the…

The decision to release an offender on full parole may be made before the date on which the remainder of the sentence is at least equal to three months, provided that it specifies that the measure that has been ordered will only be implemented from that date.

Release under constraint as of right is applicable even when proceedings are pending before the sentence enforcement courts. On the other hand, it does not apply to persons undergoing sentence adjustment in prison, except when they are placed outside under the supervision of prison staff under the conditions defined in articles D. 129 of the present code and D. 424-10, D. 424-11, D. 424-12 and D. 424-13 of the prison…