Title III: Conditional release

The sentenced person subject to conditional release must undergo the supervision measures provided for by article 132-44 of the Penal Code.

If justified by the nature of the offences committed by the offender and his personality, the decision granting conditional release may specify that the offender will be subject to enhanced monitoring by the prison integration and probation service. This indication may also be specified, subsequent to the parole decision, by an instruction sent by the sentence enforcement judge to the service responsible for monitoring the sentenced person.

In accordance with the provisions of article D. 530-5 of the Penitentiary Code governing the visits that the sentenced person is required to receive from the staff of the prison integration and probation service, the latter informs the sentence enforcement judge in the event of any difficulty in applying these same provisions.

The sentence enforcement judge may authorise the parolee to change residence, after consulting the sentence enforcement judge of the jurisdiction in which the convicted person intends to settle and, where release has been granted by the sentence enforcement court, the public prosecutor of that jurisdiction. The released person must obtain the authorisation of the sentence enforcement judge prior to any move lasting more than fifteen days, as well as for…

At least two weeks before the sentenced person’s release date, a copy of all or part of the individual file concerning him, including in particular the parole decision, shall be sent to the sentence enforcement judge of the judicial court in whose jurisdiction the sentenced person is to reside, to enable him to prepare for the implementation of the conditional release. Within one month of his release, the sentenced person…

The enforcement judge may, by order made in accordance with the provisions of Article 712-8, suspend the execution of all or part of the parole obligations, including those resulting from placement under mobile electronic surveillance, for medical reasons, in particular if the person is hospitalised. This suspension is valid for a maximum of three months. It may be renewed under the same terms and conditions if the convicted person’s state…