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Article D94 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

In accordance with the dispositions de l’article D. 213-2 du code pénitentiaire, lorsqu’il suspend l’encellulement individuel d’une personne détenue en raison de sa personnalité, le chef de l’établissement pénitentiaire en informe sans délai le juge de l’application des peines s’agissant des personnes condamnées et le magistrat saisi du dossier de la procédure s’agissant des personnes prévenus.

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Article D115 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Sentence reductions are deducted from the remaining period of imprisonment, counting from the date of release. The sentence reductions are deducted from the remaining period of imprisonment, counting from the date of release. The sentence reductions are deducted from the remaining period of imprisonment, counting from the date of release.

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Article D115-1 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Sentence reductions apply to all custodial sentences, when the conviction has become final, including those managed under the semi-liberty, work release or electronically supervised home detention scheme. They do not, however, apply to imprisonment resulting from: 1° Withdrawal of a sentence reduction ordered pursuant to articles 721,721-2 and 723-35; 2° De la contrainte judiciaire.

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Article D116 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

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…

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Article D116-2 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

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.

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Article D116-3 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

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…

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Article D116-4 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Improper conduct on the part of the offender during the execution of a custodial sentence served under the semi-liberty, work release or electronically monitored home detention regime may justify the withdrawal of the sentence reduction, without prejudice to the possibility of withdrawing the accommodation measure.

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Article D116-5 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The misconduct of the convicted offender during the execution of his custodial sentence likely to give rise to a decision to withdraw the sentence reduction by the sentence enforcement judge pursuant to article 721 may result in particular from the fact that the convicted offender refuses to submit to the biological sampling provided for in the first paragraph of I of article 706-56 or commits or attempts to commit manoeuvres…

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