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6VAC15-81-690: Dormitory requirements
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 2. Central Intake Unit Design, General Population, and Other Areas Design Requirements
A. Dormitories shall have walls, doors, fixtures, equipment, and hardware meeting a minimum of ASTM Grade 3 requirements.
B. All dormitories shall be constructed to provide 85 square feet of space per inmate for each inmate for whom the area is designed. The 85 square feet associated with dormitory space is normally separated into 50 square feet for sleeping and 35 square feet for activity. Calculation of this space shall not include sally ports, stairs, area under stairs, toilet, shower, and lavatory areas.
C. All dormitories shall be provided with artificial light, toilet and lavatory fixtures, hot and cold running water, and a drinking fountain or lavatory equipped with sanitary bubbler, security type mirrors at standard height, tables, and chairs or benches in sufficient number to accommodate the dormitory's design capacity.
D. Tables and seating shall be sufficient to accommodate the number of inmates for whom the area is designed.
E. Showers and toilets shall be located to provide visual supervision from a control station or control room as well as privacy from the housing unit occupants and from visibility from circulation corridors.
F. Stairs in multilevel dormitories shall have open risers.
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