Chapter IV: Admission to psychiatric care of prisoners suffering from mental disorders

I.- Prisoners suffering from mental disorders receive psychiatric care with their consent. When detainees in unrestricted psychiatric care require full-time hospitalisation, this is carried out in a healthcare establishment mentioned in article L. 3222-1 within a specially equipped hospital unit. II – When their mental disorders make it impossible for them to consent, detainees may be subject to psychiatric care without consent in application of article L. 3214-3. Prisoners admitted…

Articles L. 3211-3, L. 3211-4, L. 3211-6, L. 3211-8, L. 3211-9, L. 3211-12 to L. 3211-12-4 and L. 3211-12-6 apply to prisoners hospitalised on account of their mental disorder, subject to the restrictions made necessary by their status as prisoners or, in the case of persons undergoing treatment pursuant to article L. 3214-3, by their state of health. When the liberty and custody judge orders, in application of articles L….

When a detainee requires immediate in-patient care and constant supervision due to a mental disorder that makes consent impossible and constitutes a danger to himself or to others, the Préfet de Police in Paris or the State representative in the département in which the detainee’s prison is located issues an order, on the basis of a detailed medical certificate, admitting the detainee to psychiatric care in the form of full…

The procedures for the custody, escort and transport of prisoners hospitalised due to their mental disorder are laid down by decree in the Conseil d’Etat.