31. The Committee notes that the State Party allows mothers with infants to keep their children with them in prison, and provides the mothers and the infants with medical, psycho-social and parenting support. However the Committee has been informed that children of imprisoned parents or caregivers have no access to a special diet and most mothers lack access to basic welfare items, such as toiletries or sanitary napkins, and medicines. Furthermore, once the children are removed from prison they usually end up in orphanages. Hence the Committee recommends the State Party to provide special treatment to expectant mothers and mothers/caregivers of infants who are accused or found guilty of a crime, in accordance the principles included in Article 30 of the Charter and the Committee’s General Comment number 1 on Article 30 of the Charter. The State Party should in particular take the following measures: a) Assess the situation of children of imprisoned parents or caregivers; b) Undertake measures to ensure that non-custodial sentences should be prioritized when sentencing expectant mothers and mothers/caregivers of infants; c) Take legislative measures to ensure that death sentence will not be imposed on expectant mothers or mothers/caregivers of infants; d) Ensure that children and mothers in prisons have access to basic healthcare service and sanitation facilities; and e) Provide family based alternative care once the child is removed from prison. Children in situation of exploitation and abuse 32. The Committee applauds the State Party for introducing minimum ages for child employment and hazardous labor through the Child Rights Act, and for ratifying the International Labor Organization’s (ILOs) Conventions 138 (on the Minimum Age for Admission to Employment) and 182 (on the Prohibition and Immediate Action for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labor). The Committee further appreciates the establishment of the Child Labor Unit in the Ministry of Labor and Employment. However, the Committee is concerned that, despite the clear legal prohibition of children working in mines by the Child Rights Act (which defines mine work as hazardous work) and the criminalization, by the 2012 Sexual Offences Act, of obtaining the services of a child as a sex worker, child mine workers and child commercial sex workers are a common occurrence in and around the mines in Sierra Leone. The Committee is further deeply concerned that one of the identified causes of child labour is linked with the high cost of educational materials in schools. The Committee, therefore, urges he State Party to undertake the following measures: 14