Annual Report 2014 of the National Preventive Mechanism Partial view of the exterior of Ibaiondo at Zumarraga (Bizkaia) III. 3.4 Centres for minors with conduct disorders and in a situation of social difficulty 286. It is considered necessary to remind that, due to their vulnerability, minors deprived of liberty require special attention and protection, and should have their rights and wellbeing safeguarded for the period during which they are deprived of liberty and after that period. 287. It would be desirable to intensify the actions addressed to establish intermediate resources and devices and those for rehabilitation from situations of social difficulty from the educational, healthcare and social contexts rendering it unnecessary to institutionalise minors. 288. It is to be pointed out that access of all minors to public resources for the diagnosis and treatment of situations of social difficulty arising from conduct disorders should be encouraged, without any discrimination, in accordance with their being minors in custody or not in custody of the Public Authority. 289. Centres for minors with conduct disorders are a matter of particular concern for the NPM, since it is at these centres that situations limiting their rights may occur, notwithstanding the fact that such limitations may also be observed in centres of other kinds. 290. It is desirable for the autonomous communities to establish a specific administrative procedure for referral of minors with conduct disorders to the protection resource most adequate for their needs. Such procedure should specify the reasons giving rise to the need for assistance to the juvenile at a specific centre. The hearing and eventual allegations made by the parents 98