The President of the Regional Court for Security Detention may visit the centres within his jurisdiction and ask to see the detention register and the individual files of detainees. The same applies to the public prosecutor and the public prosecutor.
Persons detained in the centres come under the jurisdiction of a vice-president responsible for the enforcement of sentences of one of the judicial courts of the court of appeal, appointed by the first president of this court. This magistrate is responsible for monitoring, for each person detained, the main procedures for implementing secure detention and the smooth running of the measure. He may have any examinations, hearings, investigations, expert reports,…
The organisation of care provided in socio-medico-judicial security centres is subject to the controls provided for by articles L. 6116-1 and L. 6116-2 of the Public Health Code.
The rights of persons held in a socio-medico-judicial security centre, and the restrictions to which they may be subject, are determined by the provisions of articles R. 541-11, R. 541-12 and R. 541-13 of the penitentiary code.
The sentence enforcement judge may grant a detainee escorted leave, particularly in the event of a serious family event.
The sentence enforcement judge may grant the detainee permission to leave under mobile electronic surveillance for one or more days in order to maintain family ties or to prepare for the end of the detention period.
Permission to leave the prison is granted or refused by reasoned order, after consulting the director of prison services, the director of the public health establishment and the public prosecutor. The public prosecutor or the detainee may appeal against these orders to the president of the regional security detention court within five days of notification. An appeal by the public prosecutor within twenty-four hours against an order granting permission has…
The Director of Penitentiary Services shall take any measures necessary for the good order of the centre, the safety of individuals and the security of property under the conditions laid down by the provisions of Articles R. 541-15 and R. 541-16 of the Penitentiary Code.
The president of the regional court for secure detention, on referral from the sentence enforcement judge, may issue a search order against a detainee: 1° Who evades the detention measure to which he or she is subject; 2° Who does not return to the centre after being granted leave.
The provisions of this section are applicable to the socio-medico-judicial security centre of the Fresnes national public health establishment, subject to the adaptations provided for in Article R. 53-8-77 and articles R. 541-17 and R. 541-18 du code pénitentiaire.
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