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Article D577 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The sentence enforcement judge, the public prosecutor and the other instructing magistrates communicate, where appropriate, for each case referred to the service, specific instructions relating to the purpose of the measure and the content of the obligations to be met.

The prison integration and probation service defines and implements the terms and conditions for the care of persons placed under judicial supervision, after notifying the instructing magistrate who may, where appropriate, make any useful observations.

The sentence enforcement judge or the mandating magistrate shall report to the director of the penitentiary probation service any difficulties that he or she observes in the management of the measures and, where appropriate, shall ask the director of the aforementioned service to send him or her a report in response.

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Article D577

Le juge de l’application des peines, le procureur de la République et les autres magistrats mandants communiquent, le cas échéant, pour chaque dossier dont le service est saisi, des instructions particulières relatives à la finalité de la mesure et au contenu des obligations à respecter.


Le service pénitentiaire d’insertion et de probation définit les modalités de la prise en charge des personnes placées sous main de justice et les met en œuvre, après en avoir avisé le magistrat mandant qui peut, le cas échéant, faire toutes observations utiles.


Le juge de l’application des peines ou le magistrat mandant signale au directeur du service pénitentiaire d’insertion et de probation toute difficulté qu’il constate dans la prise en charge des mesures et, s’il y a lieu, demande au directeur du service précité qu’il lui adresse un rapport en réponse.

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