{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-501.113","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 501.113","heading":"TRIPLE-CELLING PROHIBITED; SINGLE-CELLING REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN INMATES.","body":"(a) The institutional division may not house more than two inmates in a cell designed for occupancy by one inmate or two inmates.\n(b) The institutional division shall house the following classes of inmates in single occupancy cells:\n(1) inmates confined in death row segregation;\n(2) inmates confined in administrative segregation;\n(3) inmates assessed as having intellectual disabilities and whose habilitation plans recommend housing in a single occupancy cell;\n(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\n(5) inmates whose medical treatment plans recommend housing in a single occupancy cell.\nAdded by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 655, Sec. 3, eff. June 16, 1991.\nAmended by:\nActs 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 30 (H.B. 446), Sec. 5.15, eff. September 1, 2023.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 4. EXECUTIVE BRANCH","SUBTITLE G. CORRECTIONS","CHAPTER 501. INMATE WELFARE","SUBCHAPTER D. INMATE HOUSING"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.501.htm#501.113","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"04b9b7c608e3c5e74cd5a851a7b661da8032472f0c9aa35d01d9072a1662948b","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-501.112","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-501.114"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}