Title II: Detention

In this Title, the word “prisoners” is used to designate persons subject to a measure of deprivation of liberty within a penal establishment. The term “convicted persons” refers only to convicted persons whose sentence has become final. However, pursuant to the provisions of the second paragraph of Article 708, the time limit for appeal granted to the public prosecutor by Article 505 is not taken into account in this regard….

In accordance with the provisions of the second paragraph of article 132-43 of the Criminal Code, the prohibitions on contact or appearance provided for by 9°, 11°, 12°, 13°, 18° and 18° bis of article 132-45 of the same code, imposed by a criminal court as a penalty, a personalisation measure, a sentence adjustment measure or a security measure, remain applicable while the person is incarcerated, as long as they…

Detainees who are on remand for one cause and convicted for another shall be subject to the same regime as convicted prisoners, except that they shall benefit from the advantages and facilities granted to remand prisoners for the purposes of their defence. Unless otherwise decided by the magistrate referred to in Article R. 57-5, they may be detained in penal institutions. This magistrate has the same prerogatives with regard to…

In cases where, under the provisions of this Code, it is provided that requests for acts or measures useful to the investigation, requests for release, applications for annulment, appeals, appeals or oppositions may be made by prisoners by means of declarations to the head of the prison, these declarations may also be made to any official placed under his authority and designated by him for the purpose of receiving and…