Page 60 The recent creation of an annex to Yaounde Central Prison, the reform of the penitentiary system and the formulation of a new prison policy are part of a strategy designed to make prisons more humane and to address overcrowding. The death penalty cannot be handed to a child in conflict with the law in Cameroon, as stipulated in the provisions of the Criminal Procedure Code which deem children to have extenuating circumstances when found criminally liable. A study on children in conflict with the law was conducted in 2002 by the Association AGIR with the support of UNICEF. The study highlighted the difficulties faced by most of the country‟s prisons when it comes to the detention of children. Apart from the lack of accommodation for minors in almost all the prisons, there are shortages in all the other areas: - Shortage of carers and counsellors for child prisoners, - Lack of material and financial resources which directly affects the feeding, health, education and leisure of the child prisoners.  Prospects There is a firm political commitment to protect the rights of children. Thus, as part of efforts to strengthen the legal framework on the protection of children, draft codes on persons and the family have been drawn up and approved, and are currently in the adoption process. A psychosocial support manual for children in emergency situations was developed in August 2009 and is now available. Its implementation is underway. 3) Reform, Family Reintegration and Social Rehabilitation Major action to improve infrastructure includes the creation in 2001 of the Crisis Centre in Mfoundi and the Shelter and Social Rehabilitation Centre for Street Children in Yaoundé. Similar facilities are planned in other regions. In a bid to better address the problems children experience within their families and communities, and in order to afford them effective protection and optimum and lasting recovery, the Cameroonian Government, through the Ministry of Social Affairs, launched an exercise in April 2007, to identify private institutions, NGOs and associations that give guidance to children.