Article D143-4 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure
Permission to go out for a period not exceeding one day may be granted in the following cases to persons sentenced to one or more custodial sentences for a total period not exceeding five years and to persons sentenced to one or more custodial sentences for a total period exceeding five years when they have served half of their sentence: 1° Presentation of detainees soon to be released or likely…