Sec. 351.009. SAFETY VESTIBULE. (a) To provide safety to officers and security, entrance to and exit from a cell block or a group of cells or compartments used to confine three or more prisoners in a county jail must be through a safety vestibule.
(b) A safety vestibule must have one or more interior doors in addition to the main outside entrance door to the cell block or group of cells or compartments. All the interior doors must be designed to be locked, unlocked, opened, and closed by a means located outside the cell block or group of cells or compartments.
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subtitle B - County Public Safety
Chapter 351 - County Jails and Law Enforcement
Subchapter A. County Jail Facilities
Section 351.001. Duty to Provide Jails; Location
Section 351.002. Jail Standards
Section 351.0035. Temporary Housing
Section 351.0036. Housing of Correctional Program Participants
Section 351.004. Structural and Maintenance Requirements
Section 351.007. Space Requirements
Section 351.008. Access to Day Room
Section 351.009. Safety Vestibule
Section 351.010. Sanitation and Health Requirements
Section 351.011. Furnishings of Cells, Compartments, and Dormitories
Section 351.012. Furnishings of Day Rooms