Chapter I: Enforcement of pre-trial detention

Investigated persons, defendants and accused persons subject to pre-trial detention shall undergo it in a prison or an establishment for sentenced persons, under the conditions set out in the provisions of articles L. 112-3, L. 211-1 and L. 211-2 of the Penitentiary Code.

The examining magistrate, the president of the examining chamber and the president of the assize court, as well as the public prosecutor and the public prosecutor, may give all necessary orders either for the investigation or for the trial, which must be carried out in the remand prisons. .

In accordance with the provisions of article L. 313-3 of the Penitentiary Code, all communications and all facilities compatible with the security requirements of the penitentiary establishment are granted to persons under investigation, defendants and accused persons for the exercise of their defence.

In accordance with the dispositions de l’article L. 213-2 du code pénitentiaire, les personnes mises en examen, prévenus et accusées soumises à la détention provisoire sont placées en cellule individuelle, sauf dans les cas prévus par les dispositions de l’article L. 213-5 of the same code.