Chapter I: Parole application procedure

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Article D527-1

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
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Updated 5 Nov 2023

In accordance with the provisions of article 730-2, conditional release may only be granted after a multi-disciplinary assessment of dangerousness, accompanied by a medical examination, when it concerns a person who has been sentenced to life imprisonment or who, regardless of the length of detention remaining to be served, has been sentenced either to a term of imprisonment or criminal detention equal to or exceeding fifteen years for an offence for which socio-judicial supervision is incurred, or to a term of imprisonment or criminal detention equal to or exceeding ten years for an offence mentioned in Article 706-53-13.

For the purposes of carrying out this assessment, the sentence enforcement court shall order the person to be placed in the National Assessment Centre provided for in articles D. 211-15 and D. 211-23 of the Penitentiary Code, if this placement has not already been ordered by the sentence enforcement judge at the time the request was examined under the conditions set out in article D. 526.

The duration of the placement at the National Assessment Centre is determined by the prison administration, in light of the information relating to the sentenced person's situation sent by the sentence enforcement judge or court that ordered the placement.

The medical assessment referred to in the first paragraph is ordered by the sentence enforcement judge in accordance with article 712-21. Failing this, it will be ordered by the sentence enforcement court. If the person has been convicted of one of the crimes mentioned in article 706-53-13, the assessment is carried out by two experts and focuses on the appropriateness of treatment using libido inhibiting medication in accordance with the provisions of 2° of article 730-2.

The multidisciplinary assessment of dangerousness is sent to the sentence enforcement court at the latest within six months of the referral to the National Assessment Centre under the conditions set out in the second paragraph. This assessment and the accompanying expert opinion are valid for a period of two years.

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