Section 3: Secure detention

The president of the national court for secure detention, the director of prison administration from the Ministry of Justice and the director general of healthcare provision from the Ministry of Health, or their representatives, visit the centres at least once every six months. They are provided with the detention register and, where applicable, the individual files of detainees. They send a joint annual report to the Minister of Justice and…

The President of the Regional Court for Security Detention may visit the centres within his jurisdiction and ask to see the detention register and the individual files of detainees. The same applies to the public prosecutor and the public prosecutor.

Persons detained in the centres come under the jurisdiction of a vice-president responsible for the enforcement of sentences of one of the judicial courts of the court of appeal, appointed by the first president of this court. This magistrate is responsible for monitoring, for each person detained, the main procedures for implementing secure detention and the smooth running of the measure. He may have any examinations, hearings, investigations, expert reports,…

The organisation of care provided in socio-medico-judicial security centres is subject to the controls provided for by articles L. 6116-1 and L. 6116-2 of the Public Health Code.