Philippe Duport today evokes the cases where the wearing of the electronic bracelet is ordered. This bracelet that comedian Pierre Palmade, after the very serious car accident he caused on February 10, is required to wear.
The comedian Pierre Palmade was placed under electronic surveillance, with a bracelet, under house arrest in the addiction service of the Paul-Brousse hospital in Villejuif, a placement ordered by justice, after the very serious road accident that he provoked, on February 10, on a departmental road to Seine-et-Marne.
franceinfo: What are the cases in which an electronic bracelet can be imposed on a person?
There are three cases. The first is that of Pierre Palmade, it is before any criminal conviction. We will consider that a simple judicial control is not sufficient, but that, for all that, a provisional detention is not possible or too extreme. The judge therefore takes an intermediate measure, which is house arrest under electronic surveillance, with the fitting of a bracelet.
The bracelet can also replace the prison…
Yes, there are two possibilities. The first concerns detainees who have no more than two years left in prison. The sentence enforcement judge can decide to replace the prison with an electronic bracelet. Second possibility, a person is sentenced to less than or equal to one year in prison. Ditto, the sentence enforcement judge can decide to replace detention with the fitting of a bracelet, and therefore house arrest under electronic surveillance.
Is there a typical profile to whom we can offer an electronic bracelet?
Yes, certain guarantees must be presented. The first is to have housing, of course. You also need an integration or reintegration project, that is to say having an employment or training project. The fact of having to take care of a loved one, children or parents, also comes into play.
Concretely, a bracelet, how does it work?
The bracelet rings if you leave a certain geographical area, and if you are not at home at certain times. These limits can be modified if, for example, you change your location or working hours.
But the bracelet rings at the slightest deviation, from the first minute. As Stéphane Babonneau, criminal lawyer at the Paris Bar, points out, at the slightest deviation there is an incident report, which is sent to the prison counselor for integration and probation. And if the deviations are repeated, the sentence enforcement judge can remove the bracelet and send or send the detainee back – because you are still a detainee, even if you wear a bracelet – to prison.