(2) (a) Accused persons shall, save in exceptional

circumstances, be segregated from convicted persons and shall be

subject to separate treatment appropriate to their status as

unconvicted persons.

(b) Accused juvenile persons shall be separated from adults and

brought as speedily as possible for adjudication.

(3) The penitentiary system shall comprise treatment of

prisoners the essential aim of which shall be their reformation and

social rehabilitation. Juvenile offenders shall be segregated from

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