Subsection 1: Public health establishments specifically designed to receive people who have been imprisoned or placed in secure detention.

The public health establishments mentioned in article L. 6141-5 are subject to the provisions of Title I of this book, subject to the provisions of this sub-section.

By way of derogation from article L. 6112-2, these establishments only receive sick and injured patients held in prisons who are referred to them under the conditions laid down by the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure. By way of derogation from article L. 6112-2, the transfer of a patient to another establishment may only be decided under the conditions laid down by the Code of Criminal Procedure. These…

Public health establishments intended exclusively for the treatment of prisoners or persons subject to secure detention are national establishments. Notwithstanding article R. 6141-10, they are created by decree of the Conseil d’Etat.

By way of derogation from article R. 6145-28, the Minister of Justice and the Minister of Health are responsible for the supervision of establishments intended exclusively for prisoners or persons placed in secure detention.

The directors of establishments exclusively intended to receive prisoners or persons placed in secure detention are chosen from the management staff of the decentralised departments of the prison administration and appointed by order of the Minister of Justice and the Minister of Health, after consultation with the chairman of the establishment’s board of directors.

The assignment and appointment by the Minister of Justice of the staff mentioned in the second paragraph of article L. 6141-5 to national public health establishments exclusively intended to receive prisoners or persons placed in secure detention shall be carried out under the conditions laid down by the Code of Criminal Procedure, each of these establishments being considered as a prison or as a socio-medico-judicial security centre.

The provisions of articles L. 6146-10 and L. 6154-1 to L. 6154-6 do not apply in these establishments.