In French criminal law, “rétention de sûreté” is a procedure for placing prisoners who have served their sentence, but who present a very high risk of reoffending because they generally suffer from a serious personality disorder, in a socio-medico-judicial security center. This measure is limited to convictions for the most serious crimes, in particular sex crimes, and must be expressly provided for in the sentencing decision
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I couldn’t find an English source, even the English wiki article on preventive detention doesn’t list France.
Apparently: https://fr.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rétention_de_sûreté_en_France
I couldn’t find an English source, even the English wiki article on preventive detention doesn’t list France.
Thanks. The incongruity between en and fr Wikipedia is sometimes frustrating.