381.Under Article 13 of Ordinance No. 62-038 it is stipulated that preventive detention can only be a measure of last resort and its duration should be as short as possible. 382.The Malagasy legislation is in line with Article 17 of the ACRWC which advocates for the separation of places of detention. 383.Thus, in its Article 29 Ordinance No. 62-038 of 19 September 1962 on the protection of children states that: "In all institutions, juveniles shall be separated from adults unless they are members of their families or if they participate with carefully selected adults, in a special program of treatment that have certain advantages for them. " 384.Similarly, under Article 7 of Act No. 2008-008 against torture and ill-treatment: "Every person belonging to a vulnerable group, including minors and women must be held separately and in suitable premises. " 385.This separation is effective in the 42 central prisons located in major cities and where there are trial courts. The separation is not yet effective in safety houses in regiona where there are no courts of first instance. 386. Efforts will be made to address this gap. 387.The inapplicability of the death penalty for juvenile offenders was covered under the general principles section of this report, paragraph 134. 61