Section 10: Compulsory release

The prison integration and probation service located within the jurisdiction of the prison where the person being released under constraint is incarcerated will give or arrange for the person to be given, no later than the day of their release, a notice to appear before the prison integration and probation service territorially competent to monitor them after their release. The maximum period for appearing is five working days from the…

The decision to release an offender on full parole may be made before the date on which the remainder of the sentence is at least equal to three months, provided that it specifies that the measure that has been ordered will only be implemented from that date.

Release under constraint as of right is applicable even when proceedings are pending before the sentence enforcement courts. On the other hand, it does not apply to persons undergoing sentence adjustment in prison, except when they are placed outside under the supervision of prison staff under the conditions defined in articles D. 129 of the present code and D. 424-10, D. 424-11, D. 424-12 and D. 424-13 of the prison…