Chapter II: Judicial remedies to guarantee the right to respect for dignity in detention

The liberty and custody judge with jurisdiction to hear the appeal lodged on the basis of the article 803-8 by a person placed in pre-trial detention or extradition custody is that of the judicial court with jurisdiction to hear the proceedings concerning that person or the judicial court located at the seat of the court of appeal with jurisdiction to hear those proceedings. The sentence enforcement judge with jurisdiction to…

The head of the prison shall take all steps to inform prisoners of the possibility of lodging an appeal on the basis of article 803-8.

On pain of inadmissibility, the application must be submitted in a separate written document bearing the words: “Application concerning conditions of detention (Article 803-8 of the Code of Criminal Procedure)”. The application contains a detailed account of the personal and current conditions of detention that the applicant considers to be contrary to human dignity. It shall specify whether the applicant requests to be heard by the judge, in the presence…

I.-The request is declared by the requesting party or his lawyer in the following manner: 1° Where the applicant is remanded in custody, the declaration is made to the investigating judge’s registry if an investigation is underway, to the public prosecutor’s secretariat if the criminal court is seised, or to the public prosecutor’s secretariat if the criminal appeals chamber or the assize court is seised or if an appeal in…