be based on grounds recognized as previously established by law. i. At all stage of detention, including pre-trial detention, ensure access to essential goods and services, including food, water, hygiene, health-care, mental care, education, psychosocial support, exercise and legal aid. Services provided should be age, gender and disability-specific. j. Ensure that children are detained in quarters separated from the adults, unless they are members of the same family, when it is in the best interests of the child. c. In case in which a child is prosecuted and convicted, ensure procedural safeguards to guarantee regular review and consideration of less restrictive alternatives. d. Even in situations in which a child is interned in an armed conflict, as provided for under international humanitarian law, for imperative reasons of security rather than on the basis of criminal charges, ensure that such internment is conducted in accordance with international humanitarian and human rights law. Ensure the periodic review of the decision to intern the child and release the child as soon as the reason for the internment ceases to exist. e. Never detain anyone based on alleged crimes of family members, except in cases of infants and toddlers whose primary caregivers are detained and remaining with the caregiver is judged to be in the best interests of the child. f. Military authorities should never detain any child. If a child is detained by military authorities, hand over the child to civilian authorities as soon as possible. Treatment in detention g. Never resort to torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment prohibited under international law. Even allegations of terrorist-related offences never justify use of torture. h. Ensure humane treatment and conditions in detention that respect the dignity of the child in a manner that considers the specific needs arising from the age and sex of the child. 92. k. Adhere to the absolute prohibition of disappearances; ensure record-keeping of each child, including his or her identity and whereabouts and family contact. l. Ensure data of each child in detention remains confidential and is accessed only by an authorized officer for purposes authorized under the law. Such data must be destroyed after a period specified by law/regulations. m. Ensure that any child in detention can maintain contact with his or her family, including siblings, through correspondence and visits, except in exceptional circumstances. n. Any child detained with an imprisoned parent should not be viewed or treated as a prisoner, but rather should be provided facilities and services similar to that in the community. o. Ensure access and monitoring by an independent civilian oversight body to any place of deprivation of liberty.

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