guarantees to appear for trial, at any other stage of the judicial proceeding and, should occasion arise, for execution of the judgement) routine or in any coordinated manner across the federation. It is dependent on the mercy committees of individual states and the benevolence of the state governor. There was no strict separation of pre-trial and convicted prisoners. Non-governmental sources: In most prisons visited there was still no strict separation of pre-trial and convicted prisoners. (r) Detainees under 18 should be separated from adult ones Section 419 of the Criminal Procedure Code requires that imprisoned minors shall not be, so far as it is deemed practical, allowed to associate with adult prisoners. However, there was no strict separation of juveniles and adults. Non-governmental sources: Young children are often detained in the same cell as adult males, partly due to overcrowding. Detainees under 18 are not routinely separated from adults. (s) Females should be separated from male detainees Males and females were separated in most cases. Females are overwhelmingly separated from male detainees. Non-governmental sources: Female detainees are overwhelmingly separated from male detainees, but concern has been expressed about a prison riot in June 2009 in Enugu prison, where male inmates broke into the female wing and allegedly raped most of the female inmates and some of the female wardens. (t) The Criminal Procedure Code should be amended to ensure that the automatic recourse to pre-trial detention, which is the current de facto general practice, is authorized by a judge strictly as a measure of last resort, and the use of non-custodial measures, such as bail and recognizance, are increased for non-violent, Pre-trial detention was ordered by default. The Criminal Procedure Code of Lagos State has been amended, Ogun State is reviewing its Criminal Procedure Code with a view to amend it and other states have begun preliminary reviews of their criminal procedure codes. Non-governmental sources: A Criminal Law of Lagos State is before the House State Assembly, and other states have begun preliminary reviews of their criminal procedure laws. A/HRC/13/39/Add.6 139 (q) Pre-trial detainees and convicted prisoners should be strictly separated

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