295.The legal protection of juvenile offenders: The code of prisons organization and rehabilitation, stipulates that minors definitely sentenced to custodial sentences, regardless of the offense, will serve the remainder of their sentences in adequate facilities called "specialized rehabilitation centres for minors". These centres’ essential aims are rehabilitation of minors and their sensitisation on their responsibility towards the society. 296.In order to be transferred to these centres, the minor must meet the following conditions: - Definitively sentenced to a custodial sentence, - Has not reached the age of criminal responsibility, - The remainder of the sentence to be served cannot be less than three months. 297.These juveniles should be transferred to such centres within eight days after of the deadline for ordinary appeal has passed. The transfer of juveniles sentenced to custodial sentences as mentioned above is entrusted to prosecutors. The court prosecutor in whose jurisdiction the centre is located and the Director General of the Prison Service and Rehabilitation are kept informed. The departure institution and the host centre are also required to inform the sub-directorate of the protection of minors. 298.Regarding inmates definitively sentenced whose age exceeds 18 years and who have not been subject to any transfer measure to specialist centres, their cases must be submitted to the classification commission for their placement in the quarter for young offenders below 27 years of age. 299.Regarding minors subject to placement orders in special centres run by the Ministry of Justice or the Ministry for National Solidarity, their transfer is made by special educators from these centres, however without the intervention of prisons and security services. 300.A decree on the rules and procedures of the minors’ rehabilitation centres was taken on 9 June 1997. It determines the rights and obligations of detained juveniles during their stay in such centres. The rules and procedures are applied under the responsibility of the director of the centre and subject to monitoring by relevant judges. 301.These centres are under the Ministry of Justice and are intended for minors sentenced to custodial sentences, who are placed through an order, judgment or a final judgment. Their main task is to ensure education to the juvenile prisoners by giving them, depending on their level of education, training that can facilitate their successful social reintegration. These centres include: - A judicial clerk in charge of monitoring the conditions of detention, controlling and monitoring of the minors’ criminal situation. He/she would set the exact date of release. - A bookkeeper who deals with the retention of the minors’ belongings, the management of their assets and operations necessary for the distribution of their money as follows: i. One part is set aside for the day of their release. ii. One part is intended for their daily needs. - A registrar responsible for the budget and property centre’s management 302.Criminal cases involving minors are governed by specific rules pertaining to juvenile delinquency included in Book III of the Code of Criminal Procedure (article. 59