GroundRules
6VAC15-81-1070: Food, paper, and medicine passes
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 6. Criminal Justice And Corrections
- Agency 15. State Board of Local and Regional Jails
- Chapter 81. Standards for Planning, Design, Construction, and Reimbursement of Local Correctional Facilities
- Part V. Secure Local Correctional Facilities Design and Construction
- Article 6. Miscellaneous Construction Features
A. A pass for food and medicine shall be installed in all maximum security cell doors. For purposes of this requirement, holding, intake, maximum security housing, classification, and special purpose cells are considered maximum security.
B. A pass for food shall be installed in a wall or inner sally port door of each housing unit. The food pass shall be lockable and operable from the sally port interior and shall not interfere with the operation of the door.
C. Locking passes shall be installed with the lock and fold down shelf on the side of the door or wall away from the inmates.
D. The size of a food or medicine pass shall be no more than five inches high and at least 15 inches wide or designed to facilitate passage of trays to be used. Food passes shall be installed at a maximum height of 36 inches to the top of the opening.
E. A minimum of a paper pass shall be installed from each control room to the adjoining corridor.
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