Section 501.113 - Triple-Celling Prohibited; Single-Celling Required for Certain Inmates(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. Tex. Gov't. Code § 501.113
Amended by Acts 2023, Texas Acts of the 88th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 30,Sec. 5.15, eff. 9/1/2023.Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 655, Sec. 3, eff. 6/16/1991.