French Code of Criminal Procedure
In forceA commission for the execution and enforcement of sentences is set up within each judicial court with the aim of:
1° exchanging information between all the players concerned on the conditions for implementing the sentences handed down by the judicial authorities and the care of convicted persons by the prison and judicial youth protection services;
2° monitoring the process for executing and enforcing the sentences handed down within the jurisdiction, and determining the appropriate measures to enable improvements to be made;
3° coordinating the actions of those involved in the jurisdiction and external partners in this area;
4° preventing prison overcrowding within the jurisdiction's prisons and encouraging the development of alternative measures to imprisonment and sentence adjustments.
This committee is chaired by the president of the judicial court and the public prosecutor, each of whom may be replaced by a judge or prosecutor appointed by them.
At least twice a year, it brings together judges and prosecutors involved in the pronouncement, execution and enforcement of sentences in the court, as well as registry officials.
The judges of the correctional divisions, the sentence enforcement judges, the juvenile judges, the registry director, the heads of the criminal department, the correctional registry, the sentence enforcement department, the sentence enforcement department and the juvenile court attend.
This commission also meets at least once a year in an extended formation, of which the heads of the penitentiary establishments in the jurisdiction and the heads of the judicial registries of the penitentiary establishments are ex officio members, the director of the penitentiary integration and probation services, the territorial director of the judicial youth protection or their representatives.
The heads of the police and gendarmerie services, representatives of public or private legal entities contributing or likely to contribute to the implementation of sentences or sentence adjustments, as well as the president of the departmental chamber of bailiffs and the president of the bar association and any other person whose presence is deemed useful by the ex officio members of the commission, may also be invited to take part in this commission.
The agenda is drawn up jointly by the president of the judicial court and the public prosecutor or by the magistrate appointed by them. Ex officio members of the commission may have items placed on the agenda.
Where there is no remand centre within the jurisdiction of the judicial court, the commission for the execution and enforcement of sentences of that court may hold joint meetings with the commission(s) of the adjoining jurisdiction(s).
A statement of conclusions is drawn up for each meeting.
This statement is sent to the heads of court in order to provide input for the work of the regional conferences referred to in Article D. 48-5-1.
