Texas Government Code § 501.113 Triple-celling Prohibited; Single-celling Required For Certain Inmates

Sec. 501.113. TRIPLE-CELLING PROHIBITED; SINGLE-CELLING REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN INMATES. (a) The institutional division may not house more than two inmates in a cell designed for occupancy by one inmate or two inmates.

(b) The institutional division shall house the following classes of inmates in single occupancy cells:

(1) inmates confined in death row segregation;

(2) inmates confined in administrative segregation;

(3) inmates assessed as mentally retarded and whose habilitation plans recommend housing in a single occupancy cell;

(4) inmates with a diagnosed psychiatric illness being treated on an inpatient or outpatient basis whose individual treatment plans recommend housing in single occupancy cells; and

(5) inmates whose medical treatment plans recommend housing in a single occupancy cell.

Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 655, Sec. 3, eff. June 16, 1991.

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