CAT/OP/CYP/1/Add.1 4. ViSC Program: This program aims at developing the social, emotional and intercultural skills of young prisoners as well as dealing with unpleasant situations such as bulling and gangs within prisons. 5. Education for sentenced Minors and Youth. This European program aims at the assessment, support and treatment of juveniles. Through a psychological and educational approach it provides motivation for changing, it helps involvement in vocational training courses while at the time it strengthens autonomy (selfdetermination approach). 67. Juveniles have increased opportunities to join the dancing team, music band, and theatre team, or to attend lectures and watch films (analysis/discussion). Such activities play a very special role in their socialization and the rehabilitation process. 68. Young detainees have access to all training programs provided at the Prison Schools, and sports activities, like basketball and volley ball. Special emphasis is given to the standard curriculum of the school for obtaining a high school diploma. There is also the option to attend distance learning studies with partner universities. 69. Moreover, the Ministry of Justice and Public Order, in cooperation with the Commissioner for the Protection of the Rights of the Child, is in the process of preparing a bill, aimed at establishing structures and procedures to allow children who violate the law to be treated differently than adult offenders and to make the criminal justice system childfriendly. 70. The Bill provides, inter alia, for child decriminalization, while the criminal prosecution of a child will be enforced as the last resort, and only if other measures have been tried and failed. Child imprisonment will be forbidden and detention of children will be the ultimate measure. According to this Bill, cases where defendants are children will be heard by the Family Court, which, due to its nature, will also act as Juvenile Court. 71. Notwithstanding any other provisions or penalties set forth in any other law relating to the commission of offenses, if the Court considers the child to be guilty of an offence, it may either simply reprimand the child and exempt it from any other measure or sentence or proceed further with the case and take one or more of the following decisions: (a) Conditional exemption or exemption; (b) Imposition of a fine and/or payment of compensation to the victim; (c) An order requiring the parent or guardian to pay compensation; (d) Parental supervision order; (e) Community surveillance enforcement order (includes community work only in relation to children aged 16-18, surveillance by a supervisor, day center order, etc.); (f) A detention order in a detention facility if they have reached the age of 16. This is the ultimate penalty. 72. No detention is imposed on a child for an offense committed which is more than one-half of the provided imprisonment, i.e. the penalty provided by the law defining the offence, and if the offence imposes a life sentence, then the maximum penalty shall not exceed ten years. 73. The information in the Daily Statement in the juvenile wing of Nicosia central prison about the number of juveniles was accurate. However, two of them were accommodated in other wings, following the instructions of the Mental Health Services. Specifically, one of them was in Close Supervision Unit with a capacity of 10 persons, and the other one was in Block 5 (pretrial detainees) with his relatives, who were imprisoned together. 74. All prisoners are responsible for their personal hygiene and that of the communal areas such as showers and toilets. Inspectors carry out at regular intervals checks for cleanliness, hygiene and good order. Furthermore, from admission day, all prisoners are 12