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Two days after his conviction, Nicolas Sarkozy reacted in an interview for Le Figaro claiming to be innocent. If he is definitively condemned, he will have to wear an electronic bracelet. But how is life under a bracelet? Response elements.
It’s a strap electronic a few grams, attached to the ankle 24 hours a day, waterproof and impossible to remove. To the lesser snatch attemptage, the nearest police station is notified. Michel Neyret, former commissioner convicted of corruption, spent eight months under bracelet electronic, with schedules to respect very seriously. You have to be very rigorous, once with.
Failure to wear leads to incarceration
An alternative to detention, the bracelet can be authorized for sentences less than or equal to one year. In France, the number of people who went under a bracelet has increased by 40% in 4 years. IThey are, today, 15,000. It is the liberties and detention magistrate who sets the terms. It is the role of Beatrice Penaud-Ducournauwho does not see it as preferential treatment. “It’s a prison on the skin, it takes a lot of rigor to respect the schedules”she explains. Repeated or unjustified non-compliance results in immediate incarceration, as with Patrick Balkany at the end of 2022.
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