Paragraph 1: Granting of reductions in sentences under article 721

For the application of the provisions of article 721 relating to sentence reductions, the Sentence Enforcement Commission examines the sentenced person’s situation at least once a year, even ex officio in the absence of a request made by the sentenced person in accordance with the provisions of article D. 49-11. In the event of imprisonment under the pre-trial detention regime and if the duration is at least one year, the…

When the remaining period of incarceration is less than one year, the sentence enforcement judge will take into account the entire remaining period of incarceration when assessing the amount of sentence reductions that may be granted. .

In the event of a decision on sentence reductions for a fraction of less than one year followed by the entry in the criminal record of one or more convictions allowing these sentence reductions to be examined for an annual fraction, the sentence enforcement judge may rescind his previous decision and re-examine the sentenced person’s situation for the annual fraction.

Where a convicted person has to serve several custodial sentences covered by separate sentence reduction schemes, the strictest scheme shall apply as long as one or more of the sentences being served or due to be served corresponds to one of the convictions referred to in articles 721-1-1 and 721-1-2 or to one of the situations described in the eighth paragraph of Article 721. These rules are no longer applicable…