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Article R53-8-51 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

At least three months before the scheduled end of the secure surveillance period, the sentence enforcement judge, or failing this, the public prosecutor, will arrange for the medical examination to be carried out and may refer the matter to the multidisciplinary commission on security measures for an opinion. The sentence enforcement judge, or failing this the public prosecutor, will refer the matter to the regional court for secure detention at…

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Article R53-8-52 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

If failure to comply with the obligations to which the person is subject reveals that the person again presents a particular danger characterised by a very high probability of again committing one of the offences mentioned in article 706-53-13, the sentence enforcement judge or the public prosecutor shall refer the matter to the president of the regional court so that the latter may order, if appropriate, either the modification of…

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Article R53-8-53 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The Pluridisciplinary Commission on Security Measures is consulted by the sentence enforcement judge, or failing this by the public prosecutor, at least eighteen months before the release of the persons mentioned in Article 706-53-13, so that it can examine them in accordance with the provisions of article 706-53-14. If the commission gives a favourable opinion on a placement under secure detention, the matter is referred to the regional secure detention…

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Article R53-8-54 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Three months before the planned end of the detention period, the judge gives his opinion on the renewal of the measure to the public prosecutor at the court of appeal. The latter will refer the matter to the multi-disciplinary committee for security measures so that it can examine the situation of the detainee in the light of the information contained in his or her individual file. The provisions of the…

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Article R53-8-55 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The tasks and organisation of the medico-socio-judicial security centres, as well as the conditions under which the detainees’ lawyers and the judicial authority have access to information relating to the care of the persons concerned and the course of the detention measures, are determined by the provisions of Article R. 112-17 and articles R. 541-2 et seq. of the Penitentiary Code.

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Article R53-8-62 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The president of the national court for secure detention, the director of prison administration from the Ministry of Justice and the director general of healthcare provision from the Ministry of Health, or their representatives, visit the centres at least once every six months. They are provided with the detention register and, where applicable, the individual files of detainees. They send a joint annual report to the Minister of Justice and…

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Article R53-8-64 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

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,…

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