{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-351.009","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 351.009","heading":"SAFETY VESTIBULE.","body":"(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.\n(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.\nActs 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.","path":["LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 11. PUBLIC SAFETY","SUBTITLE B. COUNTY PUBLIC SAFETY","CHAPTER 351. COUNTY JAILS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT","SUBCHAPTER A. COUNTY JAIL FACILITIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.351.htm#351.009","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"973e555c9a6f81b49f599811732279e828945d1fbe3d4f1f8d2d21f3f024bba1","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-351.008","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-351.010"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}