Texas Register, Volume 1, Number 20, Pages 565-598, March 12, 1976 Page: 586
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.054. Tests. Laboratory tests for tool-resisting
steel required to meet ASTM standards shall be pro-
vided to the owner by the manufacturer. Tests on tool-
resisting steel shall be made by an independent testing
laboratory selected by the manufacturer and approved
by the owner. All such tests shall be made in accor-
dance with applicable ASTM standards adopted by
reference in Ru!e 217.01.64.023..
.055. Installation. The manufacturer shall be en-
tirely responsible for satisfactory installation of deten-
tion equipment, including riveting and bolting, welding,
cutting holes in steel plate work for other building
trades, and securely anchoring steel plate and grating
construction to concrete floors and ceiling and to con-
crete and masonry building walls.
.056. Maintenance Required. Maintenance of deten-
tion equipment shall he accomplished by a designated
S experienced maintenarce mechanic or contracted for
by the owner with a private agency under an acceptable
vendor contract, or both, to maintain all detention
equipment in safe, secure, and fully operative condition
at all times.
.057. Approved Maintenance. Maintenance shall
be performed in accordance with methods approved by
manufacturer or vendor of such equipment.
.058. Inmate Maintenance Prohibited. Maintenance
of locking systems and other security detention devices
shall not be performed by inmates.
Issued in Houston, Texas, on February 19, 1976.Doc. No. 7611 77
James Greenwood I11
Chairman
Commission on Jail StandardsProposed Date of Adoption: April 11, 1976
For further information, please call (512) 533-1231.- ______lpaol~laP~
Volume 1, Number 20, March 12, 1976
Standards for Existing Facilities 217.01.77
These rules are promulgated under the authority of Ar-
ticle 5115.1, Texas Civil Statutes.
.001. Jail Facilities. A jail shall consist of cell
blocks, office space for administrative personnel, areas
designated as booking, identification, consultation and
visitation, and, where applicable, space for kitchen
storage facilities for fresh, dry, and frozen foods, and a
general purpose room.
.002. Lockup Facilities. A lockup shall consist of
one or more cells or dormitories for the temporary
custody of inmates awaiting court appearance or
transfer to jail. I hall be of a size sufficient to accom-
modate the needs of its daily operation and shall be at-
tached to the principal administrative office of the ad-
ministrator. Food for inmates may be prepared in other
than a lockup kitchen, but shall be in the amount
prescribed by rules governing jails.
.003. Fire Resistive. The facility shall be of fire-
resistive construction.
.004. Cell Area. Single (one-person) cells shall
have not less than 40 square feet of floor space and
multiple-occupancy cells shall have not less than 18
square feet of floor space per inmate for three or more
inmates.
.005. Window and Skylight Area. The cell block
window and skylight area shall equal 20 percent of the
cell block floor area.
.006. Screens. Cell block windows shall be equip-
ped with insect or security screens.
.007. Elevator. A jail not located entirely on the
ground floor shall have an elevator or passageway large
enough to accommodate an ambulance cot.
.008. Floor Drains. Kitchens, corridors, dormito-
ries, cell areas, drunk tanks, and padded cells shall
have floor drains in gcod working condition.
.009. Exercise Areas. A jail housing inmates con-
fined in excess of 30 days shall have an enclosed exer-
cise area.
.010. Fire Regulations. The facility shall conform
with the regulations of the state fire marshal.
.011. Electrical Wiring. Electrical wiring shall
meet statutory inspection requirements.
.012. Dropcords. Dropcords or extension cords
shall not be permitted in cell blocks.
.013. Light Controls. Light controls shall be out of
reach of inmates.
. 014. Cell Block Lighting. Cell block interiors shall
be adequately lighted.
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Texas. Secretary of State. Texas Register, Volume 1, Number 20, Pages 565-598, March 12, 1976, periodical, March 12, 1976; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth252799/m1/22/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.