For the protection of jail personnel and inmates:
- (1) any items brought into the security perimeter of the facility by anyone should be searched for contraband;
- (2) any inmate who leaves the security perimeter of the facility shall be thoroughly searched for contraband before reentering the security perimeter;
- (3) there shall be regular and irregular searches of the entire facility area for contraband which shall be noted in a permanent facility record; and
- (4) searches for contraband should be timed so that they cannot be anticipated by the inmates.
Source Note:The provisions of this §275.6 adopted to be effective December 20, 1994, 19 TexReg 9651; amended to be effective December 22, 1999, 24 TexReg 11519; amended to be effective December 22, 2020, 45 TexReg 9231.