Patent ID: 8528272

Claim:
An apparatus for mounting and supporting a locking mechanism for locking a detention cell door for a detention cell, said cell door having a surface exterior to the cell and supported within a door opening defined in a cell wall, said cell wall also having a surface exterior to the cell, said apparatus comprising: a first housing for enclosing a locking mechanism mounted to the exterior surface of the cell wall adjacent an edge of the door opening and comprising a first wall including a stop surface disposed entirely external to the cell and the door opening and overlapping a portion of the exterior wall surface, and in which a first aperture is defined through which a selectively extendable lock bolt can extend; and a second housing mounted to the exterior surface of said door, said second housing having a second wall formed to conformably abut against said stop surface when said cell door is closed and in which a second aperture is defined through which said lock bolt can extend when the door is closed and locked.