(1) Persons convicted and sentenced to a term of imprisonment shall be placed in various
categories of prisons.
(2) The conditions of the execution of prison sentences shall be defined by a special
enactment in such a manner as to reconcile the requirement of discipline with the needs of
social rehabilitation of the convict. They shall take into account the nature of the offence, the
length of the term to be served, the sex, the age, the mental and physical health and the
behaviour of the convict.
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In force from 27 July 2005
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