1. (a) Facilities shall provide separate cells and day rooms of varying capacities for inmates to provide adequate segregation of different classifications of male and female inmates as required by Chapter 271 of this title (relating to Classification and Segregation).

2. (b) Single occupancy cells shall be provided to house inmates classified in administrative, disciplinary, and medical segregation in a quantity to meet the following requirements.

   1. (1) Facilities having an inmate capacity of 200 or less shall provide sufficient separation cells to accommodate not less than 10% of the facility capacity.
   2. (2) Facilities having an inmate capacity of over 200 shall have a minimum of 20 separation cells and a sufficient number of single cells with adjacent day rooms to accommodate a total of at least 10% of the capacity in single occupancy cells. Day rooms provided for these cells shall be arranged to accommodate not more than 12 inmates.
3. (c) The capacity of each cell and day room shall not exceed 20% of the facility capacity.
4. (d) Dormitories shall not exceed 40% of the facility capacity.
5. (e) Facilities initiated prior to May 1, 1992, which provide a sufficient number of single cells to accommodate at least 30% of the facility capacity and sufficient separation cells to comply with the facility classification plan and do not provide dormitory housing which exceeds 40% of the jail capacity are exempt from subsections (b) and (c) of this section.

Source Note:The provisions of this §259.114 adopted to be effective December 12, 1994, 19 TexReg 9376.