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Article R57-5-3 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The examining magistrate or the liberty and custody judge shall specify the duration of the measure, which may not exceed that of the detention order, in the order by which he subjects a person to judicial isolation. If this is not specified, the duration is that of the detention order. These instructions are mentioned in the individual notice accompanying the detention order or, if the measure is decided at a…

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Article R57-5-4 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The reasoned decision to place a person in judicial segregation or to extend the measure may be included in the detention order or the order extending detention, or may be the subject of a separate order. When the pre-trial detention of a person placed in judicial segregation is extended, the segregation measure ends immediately if it is not expressly renewed in the extension order or by a separate order made…

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Article R57-5-5 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

At any time during the information procedure, judicial isolation may be terminated by order of the investigating judge, acting ex officio, on the application of the public prosecutor, at the request of the head of the prison or at the request of the detainee. It may also be terminated by order of the liberty and custody judge, acting ex officio, on the application of the public prosecutor or at the…

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Article R57-5-7 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The person shall be notified by any means of the order for placement in judicial isolation, renewal of this measure or refusal to terminate it. This order may be referred by the detainee to the president of the investigating chamber in accordance with the procedures set out in articles 148-6and 148-7.

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Article R57-8-7 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Pre-trial detainees exercise their right to maintain links with the outside world under the supervision of the judicial authority, under the conditions determined by the provisions of Title IV of Book III of the code pénitentiaire, in particular: 1° those of Chapter I, as regards visits; 2° those of Chapter II, as regards family reunions; 3° those of Chapter V, as regards written correspondence and telephone communications.

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Article R57-9-18 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The purposes of the automated processing of personal data known as the national management of persons detained in prisons (GENESIS), the information and personal data that may be recorded therein, the operating and access rules, as well as the rights of the persons concerned by the processing are determined by the provisions of articles R. 240-1 et seq. of the Prison Code.

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