Chapter II: General conditions of detention

If judicial supervision includes placement under mobile electronic monitoring, the sentence enforcement court or the sentence enforcement judge shall notify the sentenced person, before his release and the installation of the device provided for by article 763-12, that this placement cannot be implemented without his consent, but that, if he refuses it or fails to fulfil his obligations, all or part of the period of sentence reductions he has benefited…

The judgment ordering judicial supervision must fix the sentenced person’s place of residence from the date of release. If necessary, this residence may be determined by the sentence enforcement judge after the judicial supervision judgment has been handed down, as long as this determination occurs before the release date. To determine the sentenced person’s residence, the sentence enforcement judge may, if necessary, proceed by means of requisitions, in accordance with…

When the sentence enforcement court is seized by the public prosecutor for the purpose of ordering judicial supervision, it may rule by the same judgment, at the request of the sentence enforcement judge initially seized, on an application for sentence adjustment falling within the jurisdiction of that magistrate.

When the sentence enforcement court decides that judicial supervision will apply to all of the sentence reductions from which the person has benefited and which have not been withdrawn, it may fix in its decision the date on which judicial supervision will end and not the duration of this measure.

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 decision to place him under judicial supervision, 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 judicial supervision.

If judicial supervision includes a care order, this judge shall, before the sentenced person is released, designate the coordinating doctor so that the choice of treating doctor can, unless this is impossible, take place before this release, pursuant to the provisions of articles R. 3711-8 and R. 3711-12 to R. 3711-17 of the public health code. To this end, convicts may be granted temporary absences or escorted leave to meet…

The person placed under judicial supervision must be summoned by the sentence enforcement judge of the judicial court in whose jurisdiction he is to reside, within a maximum of eight days of his release. This summons shall be served on him against a signature, before his release, by the head of the prison.

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