#2026-446France Expands Use of Incapacitating Aerosol Sprays for Prison Surveillance Staff
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This decree expands which prison surveillance staff may be equipped with incapacitating aerosol sprays. The previous wording was limited to certain command and supervisory ranks; the new wording covers prison surveillance personnel more broadly. The practical effect is operational: prison authorities will have wider flexibility to arm eligible surveillance staff with these sprays, subject to the existing prison code rules. It mainly affects prison staff, prison management, and people held or working inside correctional facilities.
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Key Changes
- Expands eligibility for incapacitating aerosol spray equipment to prison surveillance personnel more broadly
- Replaces a narrow list of command and supervisory ranks with broader wording covering surveillance staff
- Updates cross-reference tables for overseas and related prison code provisions
Obligations
What this law requires
Prison administration authorities must apply the amended Article R. 227-6 eligibility wording so that incapacitating aerosol generators may be assigned to prison surveillance personnel generally, rather than only to the previously listed command, major, or chief-brigadier ranks in the supervisory track.
The Minister of Justice and the Minister for Overseas Territories must ensure execution of the decree within their respective areas of responsibility, including publication in the Journal officiel de la République française.