Title II: Detention

Under conditions laid down by decree in the Conseil d’Etat, persons convicted of an offence for which socio-judicial supervision is incurred serve their sentence in prison establishments that provide appropriate medical and psychological monitoring. Without prejudice to the provisions of article 763-7, the sentence enforcement judge may propose that any convicted person covered by the provisions of the previous paragraph undergo treatment while in detention, if a doctor considers that…

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…