French Code of Criminal Procedure
In forceUnder conditions laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, persons convicted of an offence for which socio-judicial supervision is incurred serve their sentence in prison establishments that provide appropriate medical and psychological monitoring.
Without prejudice to the provisions of article 763-7, the sentence enforcement judge may propose that any convicted person covered by the provisions of the previous paragraph undergo treatment while in detention, if a doctor considers that this person is likely to undergo such treatment. This treatment may be that provided for in the last paragraph of Article L. 3711-3 of the Public Health Code.
The sentenced person's attending physician will issue the latter, at least once every three months, with certificates indicating whether or not the patient is regularly following the treatment proposed by the sentence enforcement judge. The convicted person shall submit these attestations to the sentence enforcement judge, so that the latter can decide, pursuant to articles 721 and 729 of this code, on the granting or withdrawal of sentence reductions or the granting of conditional release.
A copy of the sentencing decision is sent by the sentence enforcement judge to the sentenced person's attending physician. Expert reports drawn up during the proceedings are also sent to the doctor treating the convicted person, at his request or at the initiative of the sentence enforcement judge. The judge may also send any other relevant documents from the case file to the attending physician.
The third and fourth paragraphs also apply to the psychologist treating the sentenced person.
Two years before the scheduled release date of a sentenced person likely to come under the provisions of the provisions of article 706-53-13, the offender will be summoned by the sentence enforcement judge, to whom he or she will provide evidence of the follow-up given to the appropriate medical and psychological monitoring offered to him or her pursuant to the first and second paragraphs of this article. In the light of this assessment, the sentence enforcement judge will, if appropriate, propose that the offender undergo treatment in a specialised prison establishment.
