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Virginia Administrative Code (Last Updated: January 10, 2017) |
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Title 6. Criminal Justice and Corrections |
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Agency 15. Department of Corrections |
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Chapter 80. Standards for Planning, Design, Construction and Reimbursement of Localcorrectional Facilities |
Section 350. Cells and dayrooms
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A. All individual cells or individual rooms shall be constructed to contain no less than 70 square feet of space and have a ceiling height no less than eight feet. Individual cells or rooms shall be configured to open into a dayroom or activity space which contains no less than 35 square feet of floor space for each cell served. Calculation of dayroom space shall not include sally ports, stairs, toilet, shower area, lavatories and circulation for door swings.
B. All double or quadruple cells shall be constructed to contain no less than 70 square feet of space for the first inmate and 45 square feet of space for each additional inmate. Ceiling heights in these cells shall be no less than eight feet. Double or quadruple cells shall be configured to open into a dayroom or activity space which contains no less than 35 square feet of space for each inmate for which the cells were designed to serve. Calculation of dayroom space shall not include sally ports, stairs, shower, toilet area or circulation for door swings.
Historical Notes
Derived from VR230-30-005.1 § 5.4, eff. July 1, 1994.