Article D49-24 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure
Without prejudice to the obligation to carry out an expert assessment of sentenced persons covered by the provisions of Article 712-21, the sentence enforcement judge or court may, in accordance with the provisions of Article D. 574, ask the prison integration and probation service to carry out a socio-educational summary of the convicted prisoner before his release, in order to assess his dangerousness and the risk of re-offending. To this…