the Public Prosecutor’s Department, or upon a motion of the judge himself (Article 148 to 158). 109. It should be added that the law on the penal regime obliges prison personnel to treat persons who have been deprived of their freedom humanely and to respect their fundamental rights. That is why the Ministry of Justice has embarked upon a vast programme to reform the penal system which has given the prisons a human face and led to reintegration and rehabilitation. These are the main thrusts of the new penal policy. 110. As part of the implementation of the said policy, a more capable specialized corps of prison wardens has been established to implement the objective of humanizing the prisons. Remand prisoners and convicts are separated in the Malian prison system. The same goes for adults and minors because a specialized detention, rehabilitation and reintegration centre has been built for the latter. 111. Article 4 of Law No. 01-003 of 27 February, 2001 on the prison regime and correctional education made two adjustments in order to give detention a better human face. Henceforth, prison facilities have been classified into six groups: - prisons: for remand cases, persons sentenced to short terms and imprisonment for debts; - reformatories: for persons sentenced to long terms or who put up an aggressive behaviour; - agricultural reformatories: provided for prisoners who accept rural activities; - observation and rehabilitation centres: for minors in quest of educational assistance or who have been the subject of legal proceedings; - vocational training centres: built for convicts who accept to undergo vocational training, and - specialised centres: for minors and women in order to give them specific training for their rehabilitation and social reintegration. 112. As at 31 December, 2010, the prison population for the entire country was presented as follows: - 4,772 men as against 177 women; minors numbered 57 and were made up of 35 girls and 22 boys; 30