Security supervision of a criminal

Verified 29 April 2026 - Public Service / Directorate of Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)

Is a convict monitored after his release from prison? The court may place the convicted person under security supervision when he presents a high risk of recurrence. This supervision may be decided as a result of another criminal measure (example: judicial oversight). We present you the information to know.

Warning  

Some specific rules apply to perpetrators of terrorist offenses (e.g. attacks).

Security oversight is a judicial measure that seeks to monitor a person who has served a lengthy prison sentence for committing a crime. crime serious (example: murder, sexual offenses against minors).

The person concerned is subject to obligations and remains under surveillance even after his release from prison.

The aim is to guarantee that the convicted person no longer poses a risk to the business, in particular by avoiding any act of recurrence.

In order to order a person to be placed under security supervision, the competent court must find that the convicted person satisfies the conditions for the imposition of that measure.

There are two types of conditions: the one related to the offense committed and the one related to the measure to which the sentenced person was previously subject.

For what type of offenses can security supervision be envisaged?

The type of crimes which may result in a placement under security supervision depends on the age of the person on whom the infringement has been committed (major victim or minor victim).

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Crime committed on a major

The person must have been convicted of committing one of the following crimes:

  • Rape aggravated (e.g. rape committed by several persons or accompanied by torture)
  • Aggravated murder (murder following rape, for example)
  • Assassination
  • Torture and aggravated acts of barbarism (for example, when the victim died as a result of his or her injuries)
  • Aggravated kidnapping (e.g. kidnapping committed in organized gang).

FYI  

This measure may also be implemented when murder, torture and barbarity, rape, kidnapping or forcible confinement have been committed in the past. recurrence.

Crime committed against a minor

The person must have been convicted of committing one of the following crimes:

  • Rape
  • Murder or assassination
  • Torture and acts of barbarism
  • Abduction or sequestration.

After which measures can safety monitoring be considered?

In order for security supervision to be considered, the convicted person must have already been subject to one of the following measures:

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Security Retention

Safety oversight can replace a security retention which ended by decision of the regional court for security detention.

Security supervision is considered only if the convicted person still poses a risk of committing any of the infringements which justified the establishment of security detention (e.g. murder, torture and barbarism).

Socio-judicial monitoring

Safety oversight can replace a socio-judicial monitoring which ended because of the passage of time.

For this measure to be considered, several conditions must be met:

  • The convicted person is always very dangerous (risk of recurrence very likely)
  • The convict committed a crime punishable by at least 15 years of criminal imprisonment
  • Registration of the convicted person in the Fijais is insufficient
  • Safety oversight is the only way to prevent a new infringement similar to the one for which the person was convicted.

Judicial oversight

A safety oversight may be established following a judicial oversight which ended because of the passage of time.

Safety oversight may be considered if all of the following conditions are met:

  • The convicted person is always very dangerous (risk of recurrence very likely)
  • The convict committed a crime punishable by at least 15 years of criminal imprisonment, for which a penalty of socio-judicial monitoring is planned
  • Registration of the convicted person in the index of perpetrators of sexual and violent offenses (Fijais) is insufficient
  • Safety oversight is the only way to prevent a new infringement similar to the one for which the person was convicted
  • A medical expert has previously found that the maintenance of the care order is essential.

Parole

Safety oversight may be considered as an alternative to parole with a injunction for care.

Safety oversight may be considered if all of the following conditions are met:

  • The convicted person is always very dangerous (risk of recurrence very likely)
  • This person was sentenced to life imprisonment
  • Registration of the convicted person in the Fijais is insufficient
  • Safety oversight is the only way to prevent a new infringement similar to the one for which the person was convicted
  • A medical expert has previously found that the maintenance of the care order is essential.

By what procedure does the court order security supervision?

Placement under security supervision is decided by the Regional Court for Security Retention (JRSS).

That court shall take up the case directly if it has already ruled on a previous measure of security retention.

In other cases, it shall be entered by the judge of application of sentences or the public prosecutor, 6 months before the end of the previous measure (socio-judicial monitoringetc.).

The regional court for security detention shall issue a reasoned decision after hearing the representative of the Parquet, the convicted person and his lawyer during a adversarial debate.

Following the hearing, the JRRS's decision is notified to the person concerned.

FYI  

The same procedure applies when renewal of the safety oversight is envisaged.

How to challenge the decision to place under security supervision?

The decision of the JRRS may be challenged by the convicted person before the national court for security detention (JNRS: titleContent).

This jurisdiction is located at the Court of Cassation.

Who shall I contact

The appeal must be made within 10 days from the notification of the decision.

The appeal is not suspensive: the security detention measure may apply.

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FYI  

Before the courts of security detention, the lawyer is mandatory. If the convicted person does not have sufficient financial resources to call on a lawyer, he or she may apply for legal aid.

How is the follow-up of the person under security supervision?

The person under security supervision shall be monitored and controlled by a prison insertion and probation service, under the responsibility of Jap.

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It may also be entered in FIJI: titleContent. This file makes it possible in particular to follow the authors of crimes or offenses and to avoid the renewal of such infringements.

What are the obligations of the person under security supervision?

In most cases, the person under security supervision is subject to a injunction for care and placement under an electronic bracelet.

It may also be subject to several other obligations and prohibitions, including the following:

  • Obligation to respond to the summons of the Jap and the prison insertion and probation service
  • Obligation to choose a specific place of residence
  • Obligation to report changes of employment and residence
  • House arrest
  • Prohibition on appearing in certain places (e.g. in front of a school)
  • Prohibition of associating with certain persons (e.g. the victim or an accomplice)
  • Prohibition of carrying out an activity involving regular contact with minors.

These obligations may be relaxed or strengthened in the light of changing circumstances in which safety oversight takes place.

These changes are made by prescription the President of the Regional Court for Security Detention.

This decision may be appealed under the same conditions as for challenging a decision to place a person under security supervision.

Where the person under security supervision does not comply with the obligations and prohibitions to which he is normally subject, the Regional Court for Security Retention (JRSS) may place him under security retention.

This penalty is only applicable if the following two conditions are met:

  • The person presents, again, a particular danger which results in a very high probability of recurrence
  • The strengthening of safety oversight obligations is insufficient to prevent the commission of a new infringement.

The JRRS may place the person in security detention after obtaining the favorable opinion of the multidisciplinary commission on security measures.

What is the legal duration of the safety oversight?

Placement under security supervision shall be for a period of 2 years.

Please note

This measure may be suspended if the convicted person is again detained (e.g. if a new offense is committed) infringement).

The regional court for security detention may order the renewal of this measure, for the same period, if the risks of recurrence persist.

Can security monitoring be terminated before the end of the legal period?

If the person concerned considers that the conditions of application of the measure are no longer justified, he may request that the measure be terminated.

This request can be made after a period of 3 months from the date of the decision ordering it.

It must be carried out by query filed with the regional security detention court (JRSS) geographically competent or transmitted by letter RAR: titleContent.

If the JRRS does not respond within 3 months, the measure will automatically end.

If the application is rejected, no other application may be submitted before the expiry of a period of 3 months.

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