- (a) The institutional division may not house more than two inmates in a cell designed for occupancy by one inmate or two inmates.
(b) The institutional division shall house the following classes of inmates in single occupancy cells:
- (1) inmates confined in death row segregation;
- (2) inmates confined in administrative segregation;
- (3) inmates assessed as having intellectual disabilities and whose habilitation plans recommend housing in a single occupancy cell;
- (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
- (5) inmates whose medical treatment plans recommend housing in a single occupancy cell.
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 655, Sec. 3, eff. June 16, 1991.
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 30 (H.B. 446), Sec. 5.15, eff. September 1, 2023.