Two senators announced Wednesday, February 26, the tabling of a bill to strengthen the monitoring and surveillance of ex-convicts convicted of terrorism, of which a hundred of them must be released from prison by between 2020 and 2021 .
Surveillance, prohibitions and follow-up
" We are proposing to create a new measure of judicial supervision, so as to allow appropriate follow-up, over time, of these individuals ", said the senator (LR) from the North, Marc-Philippe Daubresse, co-author with Philippe Bas of a bill which will be tabled " in the coming days ". " Thus, terrorists released at the end of their sentence may be subject to a ban on appearing in certain places, a ban on entering into contact with certain people, or even to be placed under mobile electronic surveillance ", added Mr. Daubresse . " We are going to propose a device that is not a punishment but a socio-judicial follow-up measure ," said Mr. Daubresse at a press conference. " It will be pronounced for one year by a sentencing judge and renewable for 10 years for prisoners convicted of crimes and up to 20 years if convicted of a crime, " said the senator.
The bill intends to provide a solution to the risk of recidivism generated by so-called " dry " exits from prisoners convicted in terrorist cases.
“ In 2020, 45 terrorist detainees will be released from prison. And they will be 57 the following year. It is imperative that the texts evolve to guarantee adjustments in sentences, controls and effective security measures after sentencing, "said the national counterterrorism prosecutor, Jean-François Ricard, in an interview on Monday with Le Figaro.
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The follow-up envisaged by the senators is intended to complement the administrative control and surveillance measures (Micas) implemented by the anti-terrorism law of 2017. These, heirs to the house arrest orders of the state of emergency, are today is one of the authorities' tools for tracking " leavers " convicted of terrorism cases. Their maximum duration is however limited to twelve months.
Messrs. Bas and Daubresse, president and rapporteur of the Senate mission responsible for evaluating the Silt law against terrorism, have also expressed satisfaction with this law decried by the defenders of public freedoms. Four measures of this law, including the closure of places of worship and the Micas, are being tested until the end of 2020. Government and legislator, after evaluation, must decide to extend or modify them.