B. - Temporary absences to prepare for professional or social reintegration and temporary absences to maintain family ties

Sentenced persons incarcerated in a remand prison, a central prison, a semi-liberty centre and, where they are of age, in a specialised juvenile prison may be granted temporary absences of up to three days with a view to maintaining family ties or preparing for professional or social reintegration in the following cases: 1° When they are serving one or more custodial sentences of a total duration not exceeding one year;…

Sentenced persons incarcerated in detention centres may benefit from the temporary absences provided for in article D. 143, when they have served one-third of their sentence. In their case, the duration of such leave may be extended to five days and, once a year, to ten days.

Sentenced persons incarcerated in support structures on their way out may benefit from the temporary absences provided for in article D. 143 without any time limit. The duration of such leave may be extended to five days.

Permission to go out may be granted, on an ad hoc or regular basis, on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays or non-working days to sentenced persons admitted to the semi-liberty regime or benefiting from work release pursuant to article D. 136 and to sentenced persons placed under electronic surveillance.

Permission to go out for a period not exceeding one day may be granted in the following cases to persons sentenced to one or more custodial sentences for a total period not exceeding five years and to persons sentenced to one or more custodial sentences for a total period exceeding five years when they have served half of their sentence: 1° Presentation of detainees soon to be released or likely…

Persons sentenced to one or more custodial sentences of a total duration not exceeding five years and persons sentenced to one or more custodial sentences of a total duration exceeding five years when they have served half of their sentence may be granted temporary absences of up to three days on the occasion of the serious illness or death of a member of their close family, or the birth of…

When the sentence enforcement judge grants a leave to go out with a view to preparing the convicted person’s professional or social reintegration, he may in his order decide that the date and terms of execution of the leave will be set by the director of the prison integration and probation service, after consulting the head of the prison. The sentence enforcement judge may, in the same order, grant several…