Article 717-1-1 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure
November 7, 2023
The sentence enforcement judge gives his opinion, except in emergencies, on the transfer of convicts from one establishment to another.
The sentence enforcement judge gives his opinion, except in emergencies, on the transfer of convicts from one establishment to another.
Work activities and vocational or general training are taken into account when assessing the serious efforts to reintegrate convicted persons and their good conduct. Within prison establishments, prisoners who so request may engage in work activities or receive vocational or general training or validation of prior experience, under the conditions laid down by the provisions of the Prison Code.
Members of Parliament, senators, representatives to the European Parliament elected in France, bar presidents in their jurisdiction or their specially appointed delegate within the Bar Council are authorised to visit police custody facilities, customs detention facilities as defined in article 323-1 of the Customs Code, places of administrative detention, waiting areas, prisons and closed educational centres mentioned in the article L. 113-7 of the juvenile criminal justice code. Except for…
I.-The situation of any convicted person serving one or more custodial sentences of a total duration of less than or equal to five years must be examined by the sentence enforcement judge with a view to ordering compulsory release when the length of the sentence served is at least equal to twice the length of the sentence still to be served. Compulsory release means that the remainder of the sentence…
In misdemeanour cases, where the convicted person still has to serve a prison sentence of two years or less, this sentence may, for medical, family, professional or social reasons and for a period not exceeding four years, be suspended or served in instalments, none of which may be less than two days. The decision is taken by the sentence enforcement judge under the conditions set out in article 712-6. This…
Unless there is a serious risk that the offence will be repeated, suspension may also be ordered, regardless of the nature of the sentence or the length of the sentence remaining to be served, and for a period that need not be specified, for convicts who are found to be suffering from a life-threatening condition or whose physical or mental health is permanently incompatible with continued detention. Suspension may only…
The provisions concerning the suspension or splitting of the sentence, work release, temporary absences, semi-liberty and conditional release are not applicable during the period of security provided for in article 132-23 of the Penal Code. Unless otherwise decided by the pardon decree, the commutation or remission of a custodial sentence with a security period automatically entails the continuation of this period for an overall period corresponding to half of the…
Where the convicted person is serving several sentences which are not concurrent and all of which carry a security period, these security periods are served cumulatively and continuously. In the case of concurrent sentences that all include periods of imprisonment, the total period of imprisonment to be served is reduced by a maximum of two-thirds of these sentences after they have been reduced to the legal maximum. If a sentence…
When the sentenced person shows serious signs of social rehabilitation, the sentence enforcement court may, exceptionally and under the conditions provided by Article 712-7, decide that the security period provided for by Article 132-23of the Penal Code be terminated or its duration reduced. However, where the Assize Court has decided to increase the security period to thirty years pursuant to the provisions of the last paragraph of Articles 221-3 and…
By way of derogation from the first paragraph of Article 720-4 of this Code, where the Assize Court has decided, pursuant to Article 421-7 of the Criminal Code, to increase the security period to thirty years or that none of the measures listed in Article 132-23 of the same code could not be granted to a person sentenced to life imprisonment, the sentence enforcement court, on the advice of a…
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