Section 1: Establishments in which pre-trial detention is carried out

Subject to the provisions of the second paragraph of article D. 52, persons remanded in custody are held, for the duration of the investigation, in accordance with the terms of the warrant or court order against them, at the prison designated pursuant to the dispositions de l’article D. 211-4 du code pénitentiaire.

The location of remand prisons and remand prison quarters is determined by the provisions of articles D. 112-27 and D. 112-28 of the Penitentiary Code.