In France, whether you are a criminal or a delinquent, you benefit from the same reduced sentences.
"Roughly speaking, we can say that the sentences are served only up to 50% of the pronouncement of the initial sentence"
, according to information gathered by Paule Gonzales, journalist in the service society of Figaro and specialist in justice issues.
Thus, thanks to the remission game, it is quite possible to imagine that a person convicted of rape, whose average sentence is 9.6 years, can leave after 4 and a half years spent behind bars.
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First, there are automatic sentence reduction credits (CRP), that is, given directly to inmates upon entering prison.
According to Guillaume Halbique, lawyer at the court, these automatic reductions of sentence are given to the prisoners
"like a kind of carrot so that they carry out their sentence in the most suitable way possible"
.
In addition, there are additional reductions in sentence (RSP) which can be accumulated.
And you will see in the video above that there is a third device that allows inmates to be released from prison long before the end of their sentence.
