TITLE ONE
CHAPTER I
Fundamental rights
Article 18
Preventive custody shall be reserved for crimes punishable by imprisonment. Preventive prisons shall be completely separated from the prisons used for convicted persons.
(Reformed by the decree published on June 10, 2011)
Prison system shall be organized on the basis of the respect for human rights, as well as the work, training, education, health and sports as a means to achieve inmate’s social rehabilitation, advising him/her not to transgress again and explaining him/her the benefits of complying with the law. Women and men shall be imprisoned in separate places.
The Federation, the states and the Federal District can make and execute agreements to send inmates to serve their sentence in prisons under a different jurisdiction.
The Federation, the states and the Federal District shall establish, within the field of their respective powers, an integral justice system for minor offenders between twelve and seventeen years of age, guaranteeing their fundamental rights recognized by this Constitution are ensured, as well as those specific rights for children. People under twelve years of age who have committed a crime shall only be subjected to rehabilitation and social assistance.
The management of this system will be organized by institutions, courts and authorities who are specialized on legal proceedings regarding teenagers. This system must give advice and protect teenagers, and shall study each particular, protecting teenager’s interests.
Enforcement of sentence of imprisonment
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