Part Six: Health facilities and services

Admission to a national health facility or to a health facility located in an inter-regional directorate of prison services other than the one in which the prisoner is imprisoned must be authorised by the Minister of Justice only in the case of a prisoner whose name has been entered on the list of particularly high-profile prisoners. Outside this category of inmates, the inter-regional director of prison services authorises hospitalisation in…

When the hospitalisation of a prisoner is required under the conditions referred to in article R. 6111-39, the head of the penitentiary establishment shall notify the director of the health establishment as soon as possible so that he can take all necessary steps to ensure that the prisoner is accommodated in suitable premises, so that he can be cared for under the conditions provided for below without causing any inconvenience…

Prisoners admitted to hospital are considered as continuing to serve their sentence or, in the case of remand prisoners, as being remanded in custody.

During hospitalisation and the consultations or examinations provided for in article R. 6111-36, appropriate security measures must be taken to respect the confidentiality of care.

Prisoners suffering from the mental disorders referred to in article L. 3214-3 may not be kept in a prison. On the basis of a detailed medical certificate and in accordance with the legislation in force, it is the responsibility of the prefectoral authority to have them involuntarily hospitalised as soon as possible in a health establishment authorised under article L. 3214-1. The rule set out in the second paragraph of…

Doctors working in prisons are kept informed of changes in the state of health of hospitalised prisoners.